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Atlanta, Auburn Avenue, Fire Station, circa 1979

 File — location: CS Box 1
Collection number: VIS 151.01.03

Scope and Contents of the Records

From the Collection:

The images in this collection depict locations in metropolitan Atlanta, including images of the central city, Roswell, and Stone Mountain. Images of Atlanta include buildings on Auburn Avenue such as Big Bethel Baptist Church, Ebenezer Baptist Church, a Fire Station, the King Center, Odd Fellows Building and Auditorium, the Prince Hall Masonic Building, Wheat Street Baptist Church, and the YMCA. Other locations in Atlanta include Excelsior Mills, a bank building and the Georgia Nut and Bolt Company building on Peters Street, and a “shotgun” house in Mechanicsville. Others images include Roswell’s Bulloch Hall, and historic houses near Stone Mountain. The collection also contains images of sculptures and murals commissioned by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) for the Butts County Post Office in Jackson, Georgia, the old Conyers Post Office (now located in the Rockdale County Historical Society), the old Decatur Post Office, and the Hapeville Post Office; another sculpture is also shown off of Techwood Avenue in Atlanta.

Dates

  • circa 1979

Creator

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 32 image(s)

Language

From the Collection: English

Container Summary

1 color transparency

Repository Details

Part of the Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center Repository

Contact:
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