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Agatha Sheehan photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS359
Scope and Content
The collection contains images of former enslaved people and elderly African Americans who lived at the E.R. Carter Home for the Elderly. Named in honor of Reverend Edward Randolph Carter (1856-1944), the pastor spearheaded an extensive housing ministry and directed the construction of a home for the aged, which was operated by Friendship Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. The home was later demolished.
Dates:
approximately 1900, undated
Edgar Poe McBurney photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS312
Scope and Content
This collection contains interior and exterior views of the Edgar Poe McBurney's residence at 1300 Peachtree Road, Atlanta, Georgia. One photograph shows a view of a formal dinner party held at McBurney's home in celebration of his birthday. Of special note are images of Villa Nelili, McBurney's Memorial Gardens.
Dates:
1909-1929
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- African American families -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- African American women -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- African Americans -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- African Americans -- Housing -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Birthday parties 1
- Dining rooms -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- 1920-1930 1
- Freedmen -- Georgia 1
- Housing -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Interiors -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- 1920-1930 1
- Men -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Societies and clubs 1
- Older African Americans -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Older people 1
- Peachtree Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- People -- 1910-1930 1
- Snow -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1 + ∧ less
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- Carter, Edward Randolph 1
- E. R. Carter Home for the Elderly (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Friendship Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Jones, Emma 1
- McBurney, Edgar Poe 1
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