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Long, Rucker, and Aiken family photographs and lithographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS32
Scope and Content

The collection documents the political, civic, educational, professional, family, and social life of members of the Long, Rucker, and Aiken families from 1859 through the 1970s. The images document three generations of the Long, Rucker, and Aiken families and visually chronicles their rise from slavery to social and political influence. It also provides visual documentation of African American life from Reconstruction to the late 20th century.

Dates: 1859-1979, undated

Photographs of substandard housing

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS284
Scope and Content

This collection contains images of substandard housing and living conditions in the southwestern areas of Atlanta, Georgia, including Stewart Avenue (later named Metropolitan Parkway); Battle Hill neighborhood (later named Westview neighborhood); Vine City neighborhood; and Philadelphia Avenue. The slides feature images of residential homes, children playing, and physically deteriorating landscapes heavily populated with trash and other discarded materials.

Dates: approximately 1950-1968, undated

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African American businesspeople -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
African American children -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
African American families -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
African American men -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
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Aiken family 1
Aiken, Lucy Rucker 1
Aiken, Walter Henry, 1893-1965 1
Alexander, Wellington, Jr., Rev. 1
Amos, Moses, Dr. 1
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Anderson, Ann Rucker 1
Anderson, Charles W., Jr. 1
Askew, Thomas E. 1
Bedou, A. P. 1
Butler Street YMCA (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Butler, Henry Rutherford, Dr. 1
Butler, Selena Sloan 1
Columbians (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Crogman, William H., Dr. 1
Currier & Ives 1
Davis, Bessie Rucker 1
Davis, Griffith 1
Davis, John Wesley 1
Faulkner, William, Rev. 1
Gaines, Mary 1
Gaines, Wesley John, Rev. 1
Gate City Drug Store (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Green, Reese 1
Hampton Institute 1
Harper, Charles L., Dr. 1
Harper, Katryn 1
Harper, Laurence, Jr. 1
Harper, Laurence, Sr. 1
Harper, Neddie Rucker 1
Hatcher, Thurston 1
Henderson, Lucius S. 1
Hyman, L. G. 1
Joint Civilian Organization Conference (Fort Benning, Ga.) 1
Kuhns Photographic Studio (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Little Studio (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Lively Studio (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Lomax, Alpha 1
Long family 1
Long, Jefferson Franklin, 1836-1901 1
Long, Lucinda Carhart 1
Matthews, William B. 1
Mollison, Irving C., Judge 1
Moral Re-armament Assembly (Georgia : 1957-1958) 1
Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
National Association of Real Estate Brokers 1
National Builders Association 1
National Housewives League 1
National Negro Business League (U.S.) 1
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity 1
Partee, Fannie H. 1
Pitts, India 1
Poole, Paul 1
Princess Studio (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Rucker family 1
Rucker, Annie Eunice Long, 1865-1933 1
Rucker, Hazel 1
Rucker, Henry Allen, 1852-1924 1
Rucker, Henry, Jr. 1
Rucker, Nancy Ann 1
Scurlock, Addison N. 1
Tidwell & Lively (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Tuskegee Institute 1
United States. Army. 371st Infantry 1
Waluhaje Hotel & Apartments (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Welch, Constance Davis 1
West Lake Court Apartments (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
White, George H. 1
White, Madeline 1
White, Walter Francis 1
Williams, Asbury S. 1
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