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Aerial photography -- Georgia -- Atlanta

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Atlantic Steel Company visual arts materials

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS499
Scope and Contents This collection contains images that document the expansion of the Atlantic Steel Company from 1919 to its closure and eventual demolition in 2001. The bulk of the materials are employee portraits and employee-centered events and plant operations at both the Atlanta, Georgia, and Cartersville, Georgia, plants.Included are also photographs of Atlantic Steel Company men's and women's amateur sports teams, including the Dixisteel amateur baseball team. Additionally included are...
Dates: 1919-2001, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Atlantic Steel Company visual arts materials

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
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Edmund W. Hughes photographs

Henry L. Taylor visual arts materials of Atlanta Transit System, Inc. | Note: this collection is out for digitization and currently unavailable.

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS382
Scope and Contents This collection contains photographs and blueprints from the Atlanta Transit System, Inc. (ATS) in Atlanta, Georgia. Included are photographs and schematics of buses, streetcars, and trolleys used by ATS, as well as images of ATS staff. Of special note are photographs of Governor Lester Maddox (1915-2003) with William P. Maynard, president of ATS, signing a sales tax relief bill, which removed sales taxes on passenger fares. Also included is an image of Governor Maddox signing a proclamation...
Dates: 1923-1975, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Henry L. Taylor visual arts materials of Atlanta Transit System, Inc. | Note: this collection is out for digitization and currently unavailable.