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Martin Padgett visual arts materials
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS416
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials used by Martin Padgett in research for his book A Night at the Sweet Gum Head: Drag, Drugs, Disco, and Atlanta’s Gay Revolution. Items include photos of staff and drag performers, primarily John Greenwell (1950- ) as Rachel Wells, at Sweet Gum Head, a prominent drag and gay bar at 2284 Cheshire Bridge Rd. NE, Atlanta, Georgia, from 1971 to 1981; a poster promoting the Phoenix Affair II, a charity show...
Dates:
1972-1983
Plaster and Smith families photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS440
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs of members of the Plaster and Smith families. Photographs show Plaster family members gathered for family reunions, Emma Plaster (1905-1987) at school with her classmates, and a group portrait of young women, including Tullie Smith (1886-1967), titled “The Four Smith Sisters.” Additional photographs include unidentified men, some wearing Confederate uniforms, unidentified Girl Scouts, and an unidentified residence. Of special note are photographs of the...
Dates:
1835-1950, undated
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- Subject: Cheshire Bridge Road (Atlanta, Ga.) X
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- African American Children 1
- African American agricultural laborers 1
- Children -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Clothing and dress -- History -- 19th century 1
- Drag kings -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Drag queens -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Drag shows -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Education -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Education, Elementary -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Elementary school facilities -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Family life -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- 19th century 1
- Gay bars -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Gay community -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Houses -- Georgia 1
- Men -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Military uniforms -- History -- 19th century 1
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- Names
- Allison, Alan 1
- Brandy Lee 1
- Deva Sanchez 1
- Diamond Lil 1
- Elliston, Arthur, 1943-2013 1
- Forrester, Phillip, 1935-2016 1
- Greenwell, John, 1950- 1
- Laverne Edwards 1
- Lavita Allen 1
- Manchester, Melissa 1
- Orton, Alan, 1948-1984 1
- Padgett, Martin, 1969- 1
- Plaster, Kathleen 1
- Rachel Wells 1
- Rock Spring School (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Sweet Gum Head (Bar : Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Teddy Bear Julie 1 + ∧ less
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