Atlanta Municipal Airport (Ga.)
Organization
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Adams-Cates Company Photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS144
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection contains aerial photographs produced to assist Adams-Cates Company in the development of commercial real estate in the metropolitan Atlanta area. Aerial views of the cities of Atlanta, College Park, Decatur, East Point, Forest Park, Gainesville, Hapeville, Lithonia, Marietta, Panthersville, Sandy Springs, Smyrna, Stone Mountain, as well as dozens of images of unidentified areas in the metropolitan Atlanta region are contained in the collection. The photographs document the...
Dates:
1956-1973
Atlanta Art Association Film
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS193
Scope and Content
The collection, in its original format, is one reel of black and white acetate 16mm film. The film captures some members of the tour group boarding an Air France jet in Atlanta, Georgia. Among the passengers captured boarding the plane were Tom Little, Charlotte Little, and Ruth McMillan, the trip's organizer. It is unclear from the footage if the plane is in Atlanta, Georgia or Orly Field near Paris, France. The donation records indicate the passengers are boarding the plane at Orly...
Dates:
1962
Atlanta Blue Print and Graphics Company Photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS112
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection is comprised primarily of photographs of geographic locations in Atlanta and the state of Georgia. They were obtained by Atlanta Blue Print and Graphics Company through the course of business and were probably used to promote their services as a printing company. The photographs were taken by commercial photographers and photojournalists such as Edgar Orr (active 1922-1964), Kenneth Rogers (Head of the Constitutions Photography department, and later the head of the Atlanta...
Dates:
1961-1962, undated
Delta Air Lines Public Relations Department Photographs of Atlanta, Georgia
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS107
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection is comprised of images taken by Delta Airlines corporate photographers and utilized for promotional purposes by the company. The photographs are of geographic locations in the metropolitan Atlanta region, but most of the images are of downtown Atlanta. Included are aerial views and cityscapes of downtown Atlanta, street scenes, parks, churches, shopping districts, private residences, hotels, colleges and universities, and Atlanta landmarks. Buildings include the Atlanta City...
Dates:
1953-1972
Eastern Air Lines documents
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1254
Scope and Content
This collection contains a scrapbook documenting the first international flight from the Atlanta Municipal Airport, an Eastern Air Lines flight to Mexico City on June 25, 1971. To reflect that the airport now had international flights, it was renamed William B. Hartsfield International Airport later that year. The collection also includes a certificate commemorating the flight. In addition, there are reports written by employees of Eastern's Meteorological Department about how weather...
Dates:
1939-1971, 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
James H. Elliott airplane papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS917f
Scope and Content
This collection contains James H. Elliott, Sr.'s personal notes on his 1920 plane crash. It also contains newspaper clippings covering the crash, notes he made about the first hangar at the Atlanta Municipal Airport, a ticket from the J. H. Elliott Aeroplane Company, and a copy of The Air Line Pilot magazine from 1953.
Dates:
1920-1953, undated
Manning, Selvage, and Lee Forward Atlanta Campaign Photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS113
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection of public relations photographs contains images of the city of Atlanta that were created for the Forward Atlanta campaign in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and were meant to showcase the city. Some images were probably taken in support of other public relations activities of Bell and Stanton, but are not identified as such. Included are aerial views of downtown Atlanta, Midtown, and the Peachtree Center area, which highlight the city’s skyline and infrastructure. Other...
Dates:
circa 1960-1970
Marion Johnson photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS33
Scope and Content
This collection documents the Atlanta urban environment, particularly during the 1950s and 1960s, through cityscapes, aerial views and scenes of individual buildings as the city underwent a period of building and growth. The arrival of the city's first professional sports team, the Atlanta Braves, is documented. Also included in the collection are scenes pertaining to Southern politics including local, state and presidential races. A wide variety of Georgia agriculture and industry is...
Dates:
1938-1975
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
Postcard collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS93
Scope and Contents
This collection contains postcards that depict scenes in Atlanta and the state of Georgia. Most of the images are of man-made structures in Atlanta including Agnes Scott College, Atlanta Municipal Airport (now Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport), Biltmore Hotel, Booker T. Washington High School, Bulloch Hall, Candler Building, Capitol City Club, City Hall, Clark College (now Clark Atlanta University), Atlanta Cyclorama at Grant Park, English-American (Flatiron) Building, Fort...
Dates:
1899-1990, undated
William B. Hartsfield films
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS194
Scope and Content
The films in this collection depict the 1939 premiere of the Gone with the Wind, hosted by the City of Atlanta; Hartsfield’s 1940 mayoral campaign; Hartsfield with Gone with the Wind author Margaret Mitchell selling war bonds in downtown Atlanta during World War II; footage highlighting his six-term career as mayor; and amateur footage of Hartsfield with unidentified individuals fishing...
Dates:
approximately 1939-1960
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Aerial views -- 1960-1970 3
- Airports -- Georgia -- Atlanta 3
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Aerial views 3
- Buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta 3
- Cityscapes -- 1960-1970 3
- Express highways -- Georgia -- Atlanta 3
- Hospitals -- Georgia -- Atlanta 3
- Mountains -- Georgia 3
- Peachtree Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 3
- Piedmont Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 3
- Sports -- Georgia -- Atlanta 3
- Stone Mountain (Ga.) 3
- Aerial photography -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Atlanta (Ga.) 2
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Social life and customs 2
- Baseball -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Bridges -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Butler Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Central business districts -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Cityscapes 2
- Construction -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Entertainment events -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Five Points (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Fort McPherson (Ga.) 2
- Golf -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Hotels -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Hurt Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Okefenokee Swamp (Ga. and Fla.) 2
- Peachtree Center (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Photography -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Railroads -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Restaurants -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Theaters -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Transportation -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Universities and colleges -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Actresses -- Georgia 1
- Aerial photographs 1
- Aerial views -- 1940-1950 1
- Aerial views -- 1950-1960 1
- African American musicians -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- African American universities and colleges -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- African Americans -- 1930-1940 1
- African Americans -- Housing -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Agriculture -- Georgia 1
- Aircraft industry 1
- Airlines -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Airplanes -- 1960-1970 1
- Airplanes -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Airplanes -- Piloting 1
- Amicalola Falls (Ga.) 1
- Amusement parks -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Architecture -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Architecture -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Pictorial works 1
- Architecture, Domestic -- Georgia 1
- Art festivals 1
- Art museums -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Arts -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Economic conditions 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- History 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Politics and government 1
- Avondale Estates (Ga.) 1
- Avondale Estates (Ga.) -- Aerial views 1
- Belvedere Park (Ga.) -- Aerial views 1
- Buckhead (Atlanta, Ga.) -- Aerial views 1
- Business enterprises -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Camp Gordon (DeKalb County, Ga.) 1
- Cattle -- Showing -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Cemeteries -- Georgia 1
- Cemeteries -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Chamblee (Ga.) -- Aerial views 1
- Chattahoochee River 1
- Church buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Churches -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Cities and towns -- Georgia 1
- City planning -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Cityscapes -- 1950-1960 1
- Cityscapes -- 1970-1980 1
- Clayton County (Ga.) -- Aerial views 1
- Clothing and dress -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Commercial buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Cotton trade -- Georgia 1
- Counterculture -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Cycloramas -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- DeKalb County (Ga.) 1
- DeKalb County (Ga.) -- Aerial views 1
- Decatur (Ga.) 1
- Decatur (Ga.) -- Aerial views 1
- Demonstrations -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Department stores -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Dogwoods 1
- Doraville (Ga.) -- Aerial views 1
- Douglas County (Ga.) -- Aerial views 1
- Drive-in theaters -- Georgia 1
- Drive-in theaters -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- East Point (Ga.) -- Aerial views 1
- Economic development -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Entertainers -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Farm life -- Georgia 1
- Farming -- Georgia 1 + ∧ less
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