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Portraits, American -- Georgia -- Atlanta

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:

Barnett family visual arts materials

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS471
Scope and Contents

This collection includes portraits, maps, landscapes, and photo albums related to the Barnett family. Included are photographs of Samuel Barnett, Sarah Carter Barnett, Samuel MacDonald Carter, Sarah Jeter Carter, Pauline Carter Maben, Mary MacDonald Barnett, Elizabeth Wingfield Barnett, and Samuel Carter Barnett. The collection also includes photographs of the family’s travels, friends, residences, and school activities.

Dates: approximately 1830-1978, undated

Benning family photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS343
Scope and Content

This collection contains images of the Benning family and the construction of the English-American (Flatiron) Building in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dates: 1893-1961, undated

Blanchard family photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS283
Scope and Content

This collection consists of portrait images of Blanchard family members, including Waid Hill Blanchard; Martha Lane Hill; Mary Anne Hill; Moses C. Blanchard; and Mary Blanchard.

Dates: approximately 1870

Caroline M. Clarke photographs of the Candler family

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS376
Scope and Content This collection contains photographs of the Candler family, who were related to Caroline M. Clark on her mother's side. This collection includes a photograph of Martha Candler with seven of her sons: Milton (1837-1909), Ezekiel (1838-1915), Noble (1841-1887), William (1847-1928), Asa (1851-1929), Warren (1857-1941), and John (1861-1941). Another photograph features Asa Candler with his wife, Lucy (1878-1919), and their children: Asa Jr. (1880-1953), Lucy (1883-1962), William (1890-1936),...
Dates: Approximately 1840-1890

Dorothy Orr photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS332
Scope and Content

This collection contains images of Dorothy Orr and her family. Also included are photographs of students from the Ira Street School on an outing. Most photos were taken in Atlanta, Georgia, with many photos taken on Stone Mountain.

Dates: 1885-1971, undated

Emma Lou Cole photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS233
Scope and Content

This collection contains photographs of the Eberhardt family, families associated with the Eberhardts, and businesses in Atlanta, Georgia, including R.P. and J.G. Eberhardt and Company and T.L. Eberhardt Coal Company. Many of these photographs were taken by Atlanta-based photographer Linnie Condon.

Dates: 1880-1928, undated

Fawcett - Paramore family photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS303
Scope and Content

This collection consists of portrait images of Fawcett and Parramore family members, including William E. Parramore; John Robert Parramore; Sophronia Elizabeth Parramore; Lena Beall Parramore; and Frank Harris. Also included is an interior view of Ben H. Harris' home in Columbus, Georgia.

Dates: 1880-1904, undated

Frederick William Lucas photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS310
Scope and Content

The collection contains group portraits of actors from an unnamed play; Cohen's "Paris" store of dry goods and men's clothing in Athens, Georgia; and an image of identified as Virginia Sledge.

Dates: approximately 1880-1900, undated

Gatins Family photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS187
Scope and Content

The collection consists of images of Joseph Francis Gatins, Jr.; Egle de Villelume-Sombreuil Gatins; Joseph Francis Gatins III; Sylvia de German-Ribon Gatins; and Gatins III's children: Joseph Francis Miguel, Charles, Sophie, Egle, Martin, and Miguel. There are eleven scrapbooks that contain images of Joseph Francis Gatins III and his family. Also included are cartes-de-visite and cabinet cards of unidentified Villelume-Sombreuil family members.

Dates: circa 1860-1983, undated

Goldberg and Rich family photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS456
Scope and Contents

This collection contains daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and cased tintypes of Goldberg and Rich family members. Featured individuals include Marcus and Rachel Goldberg, as well as their children and families. Of special note is a photograph of Rosalind and Valerie Rich as children with an unidentified African American woman, who was likely employed as a family nanny or domestic employee.

Dates: approximately 1847-1895

Grant and Slaton family photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS449
Scope and Contents

This collection contains photographs of members of the Grant and Slaton families. It also includes images of residences belonging to George W. Connor, John Thomas Grant, William Daniel Grant, John W. Grant Sr., John Marshall Slaton, and Hugh T. Inman. Of special note are portraits of Emily MacDougald (Mrs. Edward H. Inman) in her wedding dress. Locations are unknown unless otherwise noted.

Dates: approximately 1845-1955, undated

Inman family photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS518
Scope and Contents This collection contains portraits of Inman family members and residences, including the Swan House and the Inman family's residence on 15th Street in the Ansley Park neighborhood. Also included are residences designed by Cooper and Cooper, possibly by Samuel Inman Cooper, such as residences owned by Malon Courts, Henry Grady Jr., Katherine Mitchell Howell, and Dillon Winship. Of particular note are photographs of Emily MacDougald Inman with Hugh T. Inman II and his family at the Swan House...
Dates: 1893-1980, undated

Jacob Haas photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS316
Scope and Content

This collection contains portraits of Jacob and Caroline "Carrie" Haas.

Dates: 1862-1880

John H. Harland Company visual arts materials

 File
Collection number: ahc.VIS520
Scope and Contents This collection contains images documenting the John H. Harland Company. Included are photographs of staff and offices, printing warehouses, and company events, including annual meetings and groundbreaking ceremonies. Also included are images of advertisements and product samples used for marketing and publications. Of particular note are portraits of company founder John H. Harland, as well as Wilhelmina "Billie" Bluet Harland in uniform during her service as an ambulance driver and...
Dates: 1920-2009, undated

Lawshe family photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS323
Scope and Content

This collection contains portraits of Er Lawshe's wife, children, brother, and daughter-in-law. Of special note is one carte de visite of his jewelry business at 47 Whitehall Street.

Dates: approximately 1850-1904

Mary Connally Spalding photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS339
Scope and Content

This collection contains image of the family and friends of Mary Connally Spalding. Included are photographs of her travels to Ireland, France, and Egypt, as well as bridal portraits for her wedding to John Schaffner Spalding.

Dates: 1873-1932, undated

Murphy family photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS517
Scope and Contents This collection contains scrapbook pages that also contain attached newspaper clippings about the family, photo albums, portraits, and drawings of the Murphy family. Most scrapbooks and photograph albums in this collection were possibly complied by Julia Gatins Murphy. There are also several photographs of the Murphy family’s residences, Hillcrest and Villa Juanita. Of special note are portraits of Cardinal John Murphy Farley (1842-1918) of New York and Robert J. Lowry (1840-1919) that are...
Dates: approximately 1870-1959, undated

Peter Snow Dixie Camera Club photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS336
Scope and Content

This collection contains photographs of Dixie Camera Club members and images of club members and their children modeling at Eskew Lake in Fairburn, Georgia, and Jackson Lake in Newton County.

Dates: 1949-1953

Rosalie Howell photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS335
Scope and Content

This collection contains images of the residence of Judge Clark Howell (Rosalie Howell's grandfather) and the Howell family. Also included are photographs of the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation and the Evan Park Howell School in Atlanta, Georgia. Of special note are images of Clark Howell's funeral at Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta and a photo album related to Rosalie Howell's career as a Red Cross nurse during World War I.

Dates: approximately 1880-1963

Ruth Henley photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS368
Scope and Content

This collection contains black and white photographs collected by Ruth Henley of John Willis Henley inside the Fulton County Courthouse and portraits of Atlanta Journal newspaper carriers on a trip to Washington D.C., in 1910, one of whom may be Thomas Henley.

Dates: 1906-1910