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Stewart Avenue (Atlanta, Ga.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Joseph C. Fisch Photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS172
Scope and Contents of the Records The collection contains photographs of Atlanta, Georgia, including federal and state buildings, retail stores and businesses, streets, expressways, churches, hospitals, colleges and residences. Included are photographs of the Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta City Hall, Federal Penitentiary, Atlanta Naval Air Station, Carnegie Library, Atlanta Municipal Auditorium, The Journal Building, Terminal and Union Stations, Cathedral of St. Philip, Christ the King Cathedral, Glenn Memorial Church, Emory...
Dates: 1954, 1963
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Joseph C. Fisch Photographs

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
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Photographs of substandard housing