Marion Johnson photographs
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 included as well as scenic views of rural, mountain, and coastal Georgia.
Dates
- 1938-1975
Creator
- Johnson, Marion (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
This material is 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
Marion Johnson (1917-1998) was born in Geneva, Georgia, and moved to Atlanta in 1936, joining his sister who worked as office secretary for the Atlanta Constitution. At her suggestion, Johnson took a job as an office boy for the paper, working in the news department. Kenneth Rogers, head of the photography department, encouraged him to study photography in his spare time. Johnson was hired by UPI as a wire photo transmitter and worked for them in their Atlanta and Dallas, Texas, offices from 1938-1941.
Johnson returned to the Atlanta Constitution staff following service in World War II as a United States Marine Corps photographer. After theAtlanta Journal and theAtlanta Constitution newspaper companies merged in 1950, Johnson was appointed head of the photography department, a position he held until 1980.
Known as "Slug," Marion Johnson married Helen Johnson and the couple had one son, William M. Johnson.
Extent
3901 item(s) (3,901 black and white and color negatives)
Language
English
System of Arrangement
This collection is arranged in four series: I. Politics; II. Atlanta; III. Sports; IV. Georgia: Cities and Scenes. Within each series, photographs are arranged in the original order of each photo assignment.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, 1989
- Aaron, Hank, 1934-
- Aerial photography -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Agnes Scott College
- Architecture -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Arnall, Ellis Gibbs, 1907-1992
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Aerial views
- Atlanta Braves (Baseball team)
- Atlanta Falcons (Football team)
- Atlanta Municipal Airport (Ga.)
- Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Baseball -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Business enterprises -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Callaway Gardens (Pine Mountain, Ga.)
- Central business districts -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Cities and towns -- Georgia
- Cityscapes -- 1950-1960
- Cityscapes -- 1960-1970
- Cityscapes -- 1970-1980
- Clothing and dress -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- East Lake Golf Club (Atlanta, Ga.)
- First Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
- First National Bank of Atlanta
- Football teams -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Government facilities -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Governors -- Georgia
- Grady Memorial Hospital (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Henry Grady Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Hotels -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio)
- Jackson, Graham Washington, 1903-1983
- Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
- Jones, Bobby
- Ku Klux Klan, 1915-
- Little White House (Warm Springs, Ga.)
- Masters Golf Tournament
- Matthews, Eddie (Edwin Lee)
- Morningside Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Mountains -- Georgia
- National Bank of Georgia
- Office buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Paramount Theater (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Peachtree Road Race (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Photography -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Photojournalism -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Politicians -- Georgia
- Recreation areas -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard)
- Saint Simons Island (Ga.)
- Sports -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Stone Mountain (Ga.)
- Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002
- Trust Company of Georgia
- Underground Atlanta, Inc.
- United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia
- University of Georgia
- Urban landscape architecture -- Georgia -- Atlanta.
- Veterans Administration Hospital (Decatur, Ga.)
- Warm Springs (Ga.)
- White supremacy movements -- Georgia
- Winecoff Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Zoo Atlanta
- Title
- Marion Johnson photographs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center Repository