Dodson W. Hancock Photograph Collection
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection contains photographs of cities located south of Atlanta, Georgia in Fulton County. Included are images of College Park, East Point, Fairburn, Hapeville, Palmetto, Red Oak, and Union City. Many of these cities were originally part of Campbell County, a county that went bankrupt during the Great Depression and was then merged with Fulton County. Photographer Hancock follows highways 19 and 29 in a span of one month to reveal the former Campbell County cities in their 1954 condition. Many of these photographs were taken from the highways ventured by the photographer and provide scenes from business districts, cemeteries, schools, farms, drive-in theaters, government offices, and private residences.
Dates
- 1954
Creator
- Hancock, Dodson W. (Person)
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
Administrative/Biographical History
No biographical information is available for Dodson W. Hancock.
Extent
31 image(s)
Language
English
Arrangement of the Papers
This collection is arranged alphabetically according to titles supplied by staff.
Acquisition Information
Unknown
General Physical Description note
31 black and white prints (1 document case)
Processing Information
Collection processed in 2006.
- Automobiles -- 1950-1960
- Billboards -- Georgia
- Campbell High School (Fairburn, Ga.)
- Cemeteries -- Georgia -- College Park
- Central business districts -- Georgia
- Church buildings -- Georgia
- Cities and towns -- Georgia
- College Park (Ga.)
- Dwellings -- Georgia
- Dwellings -- Georgia -- College Park
- East Point (Ga.)
- Fairburn (Ga.)
- Farms -- Georgia
- First Baptist Church (College Park, Ga.)
- Ford Motor Company. Assembly Plant (Hapeville, Ga.)
- Fulton County (Ga.) -- Rural conditions
- Grady Cook Motor Company (Fairburn, Ga.)
- Grocery stores -- Georgia -- Red Oak
- Hapeville (Ga.)
- Highway 19 (Ga.)
- Highway 29 (Ga.)
- Housing -- Georgia -- College Park
- Motels -- Georgia
- Palmetto (Ga.)
- Palmetto Cotton Mills (Palmetto, Ga.)
- Railroads -- Georgia -- Fairburn
- Red Oak (Ga.)
- Red Oak Methodist Church (Red Oak, Ga.)
- Roads -- Georgia
- Roosevelt Drive In Theater (Red Oak, Ga.)
- Southern States Feed Corporation (Red Oak, Ga.)
- Tractors -- 1950-1960
- Trucks -- 1950-1960
- Union City (Ga.)
- Title
- Dodson W. Hancock Photograph Collection, February, 1954ahc.VIS 131
- Author
- Inventory prepared by Paul Crater
- Date
- July 2009
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center Repository