Lakewood Speedway (Atlanta, Ga.)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Darlene Roth and Associates Photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS110
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection is comprised of images taken for two separate projects for the city of Atlanta. The first set of photographs include images of Lakewood Park, the site of the annual Southeastern Fair, and other cultural attractions from 1915 to 1976. Among the photographs are images of the interior and exterior of exhibit halls used in the Southeastern Fair, and buildings that housed motion picture companies. Also included are photographs of Lakewood Speedway and remnants of buildings that...
Dates:
1984
Paul Talbott Lakewood Speedway and Gone With the Wind Premiere Film
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS191
Scope and Content
The collection, in its original format, is a single reel of 8mm black and white acetate film. The film captures three separate events in the Atlanta area: Lucky Teter performing automobile stunts at Lakewood Speedway; landings and takeoffs at Candler Field; and a portion of the Gone With the Wind premiere celebrations. The first four and a half minutes of the film documents a portion of the Lucky Teter performance at Lakewood Speedway. This segment...
Dates:
1930s
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- Aerial views -- 1930-1940 1
- Airports -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Aerial views 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Social life and customs 1
- Automobiles -- 1920-1930 1
- Automobiles -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Historic preservation -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Lakewood Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Midtown (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Motion picture industry -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Peachtree Road (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Peachtree Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Pershing Point (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Restaurants -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Stunt driving -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction 1 + ∧ less
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