Buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: for collections with material about buildings in general; collections with material on construction of buildings needs to be in Building
Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:
Charles Longstreet Weltner films
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS360
Scope and Content
This collection documents the political life of Charles Longstreet Weltner and the built landscape of Atlanta, Georgia, in the 1950s and 1960s. Film footage highlights a variety of Weltner's campaign activities including him walking on the sidewalk through a blighted Atlanta neighborhood; Weltner looking over the city of Atlanta from the top of the Merchandise Mart; and scenes most likely used for campaign ads. Included are street scenes of downtown Atlanta, with views of public and...
Dates:
approximately 1958-1966, undated
Edmund W. Hughes photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS186
Scope and Content
This collection contains images that document the metropolitan Atlanta region and photographs illustrating social events in the city. Bell and Stanton Public Relations used these photographs documenting the Atlanta area as promotional images. Most of the images were taken in the late 1960s and include the Atlanta Civic Center, Atlanta Memorial Arts Center, First Federal Savings and Loan building, Hartford Insurance building, Peachtree Center, and the Trust Company of Georgia. The collection...
Dates:
1958-1968
Florence Inman photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS389
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs of Focal Point Inc.'s awards and recognitions, the staff and workshop, and the moldings they designed and manufactured. Examples of moldings and decorative medallions are shown after they were manufactured in the Focal Point workshop, or installed in residences and historic properties. Of special note are images of Focal Point co-founders, Florence Inman and Jerry Garrison, as well as custom-made designs for Atlanta's Fox Theatre, historic properties at...
Dates:
1970-1990, undated
Fulton National Bank films
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS519
Scope and Contents
The footage documents the construction of the Fulton National Bank building and shows Downtown and Midtown Atlanta street scenes surrounding the building. Also featured are tours and previews of the new Fulton National Bank building throughout 1954 and 1955. Tour participants include Georgia bankers, television crews, and the public. Of particular interest is color footage of surrounding streets scenes around Marietta and Forsyth Streets. All of this footage in this collection is silent.
Dates:
approximately 1953-1955
General Motors Corporation photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS377
Scope and Content
This collection contains promotional photographs of automobiles produced by the General Motors Corporation between 1910 and 1960, including various models of Chevrolets, Oldsmobiles, and Pontiacs. Also featured is a photograph of a Chevrolet assembly plant in Atlanta, Georgia, and employees working on automobile bodies at the Fisher Body Division in Detroit, Michigan.
Dates:
approximately 1910-1954, undated
George Carpenter Jones photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS408
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs and glass plate negatives related to the Ansley Golf Club, J. M. High Company department store, Gordon Street Baptist Church, and unidentified residences and individuals, possibly related to George Carpenter Jones.
Dates:
1953, undated
George Muse Clothing Company photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS467
Scope and Contents
This collection contains images of the George Muse Clothing Company on Whitehall Street and Peachtree Street. Included are building exteriors and interiors of store departments, such as the custom tailoring and lingerie department, as well as advertisements from catalogs and store displays. There are also photographs of staff, including tailors Lewis Hutcheson (1881-1965) and J. W. Appel, as well as five company presidents: George Muse; William Wooten Orr (1869-1927); James H. Alexander...
Dates:
1895-1962, undated
Harriette Speer Parker photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS353
Scope and Content
This collection contains photographs of scenes in Atlanta, Georgia, taken by Harriette Speer Parker and her father, Eustace Asbury Speer. Of special note are photographs of the Great Fire of Atlanta in 1917, the Festival of Old Atlanta in the late 1960s, and negatives of aerial photographs of downtown Atlanta. The photographs taken by Eustace Asbury Speer include images of the State Revenue Department personnel in 1927, Piedmont Park, and the Atlanta skyline. Also featured are family...
Dates:
1917-1970, undated
Hugh Brannon photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS477
Scope and Contents
The bulk of this collection contains color slides that document buildings, street scenes, and fire incidents in downtown Atlanta during the 1960s and 1970s. Of particular note are images of Atlanta Fire Department stations and firefighting scenes. Also included are photographs of local events including the Inman Park Festival, Atlanta Braves and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets sporting events, and a civil rights demonstration by Atlanta University Center students in 1960. There is also a...
Dates:
1945-1996, undated
Kathryn W. Kemp photographs of the Little Five Points neighborhood
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS476
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs taken by Kathryn W. Kemp of the Little Five Points neighborhood in 1986, primarily of businesses on Euclid and Moreland Avenues. Businesses featured include the Little Five Points Pawn Shop, Major Furniture Company, Junkman’s Daughter, Wax ‘N’ Facts record store, the Eighteen Ninety Lighting Company, Sevanada Natural Foods Market, the Academy office building, and the Little Five Points Community Pub. Also included are images of the Little Five Points...
Dates:
1986
Kuhns family photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS319
Scope and Content
This collection contains images from the Kuhn's Photography Studio, including photographs of both the Kuhns family and clients. Many of the images are identified, however most of the tintypes remain unidentified.
Dates:
approximately 1860-1929
Lenox T. Thornton photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS442
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs of Georgia county courthouses used for Georgia counties: a fact-book on Georgia's counties featuring photographs by the author of all 159 Georgia courthouses. Most photographs are accompanied by descriptions detailing the county and the courthouse’s history, or the building’s architecture. Also included are photographs of former Ashby, Inman Park, and Virginia Avenue street car barns in Atlanta, Georgia.
Dates:
1920-1976, undated
Meeting Place for Travellers, West End, Atlanta, essays
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1231
Scope and Contents
This collection contains two bound volumes of typescript essays written by the 1947 tenth and 1949 twelfth grade English classes at Joseph E. Brown High School under the direction of James E. Warren Jr. in West End, Atlanta. The writings highlight a variety of topics including West End schools, churches, residents, parks, businesses, transportation, newspapers, and smaller neighborhoods within West End. Many of the essays were inspired by oral interviews with long-term West End residents....
Dates:
1947-1949
Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce visual arts materials
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS167
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of images of geographic locations in the Metropolitan Atlanta region, and several events, most probably used in promotional material published by the Chamber. The majority of the photographs are aerial views of the city, as well as Atlanta landmarks, and commercial and government buildings. The identity of the photographers who produced the images has not been determined. This collection also contains four films produced by the Chamber. They depict Atlanta's first...
Dates:
1922-1993, undated
Philip T. Shutze papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS498
Scope and Content
This collection documents Philip T. Shutze's work in architecture and design. The personal papers consist of topical subject files; correspondence regarding jobs and antiques; financial documents; and certificates and diplomas. The design sources include architectural periodicals; architectural fixtures catalogs; and magazine clippings. Additionally, there are job files from the architectural firm, office indices and lists, and correspondence, newspaper clippings, and brochures related to...
Dates:
1889-1983, undated
Philip T. Shutze visual arts materials
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS351
Scope and Content
This collection contains architectural drawings, sketches, artwork, and photos of Shutze's professional work, his travels, his personal life, and his antiques. The architectural drawings are from the firms of Norrman, Hentz & Reid; Hentz & Reid; Hentz, Reid & Adler; Hentz, Adler & Shutze; and Shutze & Armistead, as well as drawings representing historic buildings designed by other architects and firms. Among his most well known buildings are Swan House owned by Edward and...
Dates:
1820-1993, undated
Robert Rothberg photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS374
Scope and Content
This collection contains photographs taken by F & L Photo Service and collected by Robert Rothberg of various downtown Atlanta buildings and businesses in the early 1930s. Notable scenes include the Alonzo F. Herndon (1858-1927) Crystal Palace barber shop on Peachtree Street, the Hurt Building, the J. P. Allen & Company department store, Chevrolet Motor Company, Moline Plow Company, King Hardware Company, and the Henry Grady Hotel.
Dates:
Approximately 1930-1935
Roy Frangiamore photographs of tornado damage in Atlanta, Georgia
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS304
Scope and Content
This collection contains photographs of tornado damage in northwest Atlanta, taken March 24, 1975.
Dates:
1975 March 24
Sam Massell photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS322
Scope and Content
This collection documents the public life of former Atlanta Mayor Sam Massell. The majority of the images in the collection depict his time as mayor; others document his career as a realtor and member of the City of Atlanta Board of Aldermen. The images also document Massell's ceremonial duties as mayor, including presiding over groundbreakings; presenting keys to the city to special visitors; and ceremonies involving MARTA and Delta Airlines. The collection features images of Massell...
Dates:
1954-1991, undated; Majority of material found within 1969 - 1974
Stevens & Wilkinson, Architects, Engineers visual arts materials
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS375
Scope and Content
This collection contains images and architectural drawings of buildings designed or renovated by Stevens & Wilkinson, Architects, Engineers, and the earlier iteration of the firm, Burge and Stevens. Also included are drawings from other firms collected by Stevens & Wilkinson, most notably Abreu & Robeson, Inc. Of special note are photographs and drawings of the Piedmont Driving Club, Techwood Homes, Georgia Baptist Hospital and the William-Oliver building. Also included are...
Dates:
approximately 1919-2005, undated