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Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Martin Stupich Photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS115
Scope and Contents of the Records The photographs in this collection were created during two survey grants sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The images in the first grant documented the development of Atlanta’s rapid transit system (MARTA) from 1977- 1978, and photographs from the second grant (1979-1981) illustrate Atlanta’s role as a center of transportation. The photographs from the first NEA project depict downtown Atlanta prior to the construction of MARTA, employees involved in the creation of...
Dates: 1955 – 1981, bulk 1977-1981
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Martin Stupich Photographs

Mule to MARTA Volume II photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS437
Scope and Contents This collection contains photographs of early 20th century Atlanta vehicles detailed in Volume II of Jean Martin’s Mule to MARTA book series. The collection includes images of trackless trolleys, coach cars, buses, work cars and cranes, and a light rail vehicle. Many of the photographs show these vehicles in use on downtown Atlanta streets. Other images include a revised city plan from the 1924 Beeler Report, a motorman, and a former trolley that was...
Dates: 1902-1976, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Mule to MARTA Volume II photographs

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  • Subject: Five Points (Atlanta, Ga.) X
  • Subject: Transportation -- Georgia -- Atlanta X
  • Subject: Peachtree Street (Atlanta, Ga.) X

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Atlanta (Ga.) 1
Broad Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Buses -- 1950-1960 1
Cable cars (Streetcars) -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Decatur (Ga.) 1
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Demolition -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- 1970-1980 1
Local transit -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Margaret Mitchell Square (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Marietta Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Mass transit -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- 1970-1980 1
Midtown (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Ponce de Leon Avenue (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Street railroads -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Streets -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Subway stations -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Subways -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- 1970-1980 1
Techwood Drive (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Terminals (Transportation) -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Transportation -- Korea (South) 1
Trolley buses -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Trolley cars -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Underground construction -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- 1970-1980 1
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