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Rich's (Retail store)

 Organization

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Catalogues

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS756
Scope and Content

This collection contains various catalogues including Sears and Roebuck, Macy's, Davison's, Rich's, and J.C. Penney's. Catalogues are annual, biannual, and seasonal. This collection is alphabetical in boxes one through twenty-five, after that the catalogs are in random order as added.

Dates: 1968-1986

DuBose family collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1020
Scope and Content This collection contains the personal and professional papers of the DuBose family and the historical Civil War items they collected. The personal papers pertain to geneaology, correspondence, and DuBose Jr.'s military service in the United States Navy. Also included are manuscripts and presentations written by members of the DuBose family as well as many collected from others about the Civil War.These papers document the DuBose family's interest in the Civil War. There is...
Dates: 1782-2001, undated

Emily Bourne Grigsby papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1201
Scope and Contents This collection contains documents from Emily Bourne Grigsby's career as an opera singer and model, as well as her time as president of the Atlanta Music Club and her association with the Atlanta Opera Arts Association. Included are opera show programs from her performances with the San Francisco Opera chorus, the Atlanta Pops Orchestra, and Moonlight Opera Company in Atlanta, Georgia. There are also newspaper clippings of Grigsby's modeling career and her involvement in the 1954 "Feast of...
Dates: 1943-2004, undated

Emily Bourne Grigsby visual arts materials

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS391
Scope and Contents This collection contains images of Emily Bourne Grigsby's career as an opera singer and model, as well as her time as president of the Atlanta Music Club. Included are production stills from The Tales of Hoffman and Rigoletto with the San Francisco Opera, and images from the Moonlight Opera Company in Atlanta, Georgia. There are also photographs of Grigsby modeling at The Cloister at Sea Island, Georgia; on top of Stone Mountain; for an...
Dates: 1940-2004, undated

Haverty family visual arts materials

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS367
Scope and Content This collection contains photographs, negatives, and maps that document the Haverty family, Haverty's Furniture Company, and associated professional organizations. Included in the collection are images of J. J. Haverty, Clarence Haverty, and Rawson Haverty Sr.'s children, as well as the weddings of Clare Haverty to Frank Ridley Jr., Betty Haverty to Alex Smith, and Rawson Haverty to Margaret Munnerlyn. Photographs feature J. J. Haverty's home Villa Clare, along with Clarence and Elizabeth...
Dates: 1842-2006

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

Mrs. William Gayle Photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS121
Scope and Contents of the Records This collection contains reproductions of photographs of the Five Points area of downtown Atlanta, including images of Union Station, the parking deck for Rich’s Department Store, the Carnegie Library, the Forsyth Street Bridge Atlanta Journal building, Krystal restaurant, the Ivan Allen-Marshall building, Friedman Jewelers, the Western Union building, and the “Coca-Cola clock”. The streets shown include Broad, Alabama, Forsyth, Marietta, Peachtree, Pryor, and Carnegie. The collection also...
Dates: circa 1953

Parker Lowell Photograph Collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS136
Scope and Contents of the Records

Included in this collection are photographs of Atlanta buildings and parks. Images include the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, Piedmont Park, the Cyclorama building in Grant Park, the Hurt Building and Hurt Park, the Municipal Auditorium, Rich’s Department Store, and The Temple and other scenes on Peachtree Street.

Dates: 1949

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

Rich's, Inc. records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1245
Scope and Contents This collection contains records of the downtown Atlanta flagship store and retail stores throughout the Southeastern United States. Included in the collection are annual reports, biographical materials of founding members and executives, business history, employee publications, employee training materials, lists of officers and directors, newspaper clippings, publicity materials, and scrapbooks, as well as materials on store openings and expansions, promotions, and special events....
Dates: 1877-1988, undated

Robert D. Klein Photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS127
Scope and Contents of the Records This collection is comprised of images of buildings in the commercial district of downtown Atlanta, and in an outlying area which is presently known as Midtown. The collection includes views of the Empire Building on Broad Street (later named Citizens and Southern National Bank Building), the Hurt Building on Hurt Plaza, Rich’s Department Store on Broad Street, the Ruralist Press Building located on Hunter Street, and Peachtree Apartments (later named Hotel Peachtree Manor) located on...
Dates: circa 1920 -1925

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

Your Turn to Act For Freedom Civil Rights Leaflet

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS678f
Scope and Contents of the Records

This collection consists of a leaflet, dated 3 December, 1960, obtained by William Stanford Sr., which was distributed for this civil rights march by students attending college at schools within the Atlanta University Center system.

Dates: 3 December, 1960

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Department stores -- Georgia -- Atlanta 4
Hospitals -- Georgia -- Atlanta 4
Peachtree Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
Stores, Retail -- Georgia -- Atlanta 4
Atlanta (Ga.) -- History 3
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Church buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta 3
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Advertising -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Advertising and women 2
Alabama Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Architects -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Architecture, Domestic -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Broad Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Chastain Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Chattahoochee River 2
Commercial buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Construction -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Historic buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Opera -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Railroads -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Sports -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Synagogues -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Theaters -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Women -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Societies and clubs 2
Women -- History -- 20th century 2
Women air pilots -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Women civic leaders -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Women lawyers -- Georgia 2
Account books -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
African American musicians -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
African Americans -- Housing -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
African Americans -- Segregation 1
Airports -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
American diaries 1
Ansley Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Apartments -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Architect-designed houses 1
Architectural drawing -- Georgia 1
Architecture, Domestic -- Southern States 1
Art museums -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Arts -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Associations, institutions, etc. -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Associations, institutions, etc. -- United States 1
Atlanta (Ga.) 1
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. 1
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Economic conditions 1
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Pictorial works 1
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Race relations 1
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Social life and customs 1
Atlanta Campaign, 1864 1
Automobiles -- 1920-1930 1
Awards -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Banks and Banking -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Botanical illustration 1
Brookhaven (Ga.) 1
Business enterprises -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Business records -- Georgia 1
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Capital stock -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Carnegie Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
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Catholics -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
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Cemeteries -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
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Church buildings -- Georgia 1
City planning -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Cityscapes 1
Civil rights movements -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History -- 20th century 1
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1
Commercial catalogs 1
Counterculture -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Cycloramas -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
DeKalb County (Ga.) 1
Decatur (Ga.) 1
Decoration and ornament -- Plant forms 1
Demonstrations -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Druid Hills (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Eastman (Ga.) 1
Economic development -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Elementary school facilities -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
England 1
Entertainers -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Entertainment events -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Etchings 1
Exhibitions -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Express highways -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Fashion -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Firearms -- Confederate States of America 1
Five Points (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Flowers in art 1
Football -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Forsyth Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Fort Benning (Ga.) 1
Fort McPherson (Ga.) 1
Fulton County (Ga.) 1
Furniture 1
Furniture industry and trade -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Genealogy 1
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