Boeing 737 approaching Atlanta International airport, with reflection in pool of nearly defunct motel. The motel was isolated by the completion of Interstate 75 south of the city, circa 1980
Scope and Contents note
The images in this series were created for a survey grant sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, and include images of downtown, and Midtown, and southeast Atlanta, and also Decatur. The series contains cityscape images of downtown and Midtown areas of Atlanta, construction projects, and photographs of businesses and billboards that relate to transportation. Included are photographs of Delta Airlines airplanes inside hangars at Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, parking garages at Davison’s department store and Citizens and Southern Bank in Midtown, construction scenes depicting a project to widen interstate highways the construction of subway stations, and the demolition of Belle Isle Gargage. These images also feature aerial views of the city, including several taken in 1955. Other images include the Spring Street viaduct, the Louisville and Nashville roundhouse in the Tillman Yard in Atlanta , automobile service stations, including the Blue Bird truckstop, advertising billboards, the Moreland Quad drive-in theatre in Decatur, Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, the Varsity drive-in restaurant, and the Southern Railroad maintenance shop in Mechanicsville.
Dates
- circa 1980
Creator
- From the Collection: Stupich, Martin, 1949- (Person)
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research.
Extent
1 photographic print(s)
Language
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center Repository