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Charles Longstreet Weltner films

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS360
Scope and Content This collection documents the political life of Charles Longstreet Weltner and the built landscape of Atlanta, Georgia, in the 1950s and 1960s. Film footage highlights a variety of Weltner's campaign activities including him walking on the sidewalk through a blighted Atlanta neighborhood; Weltner looking over the city of Atlanta from the top of the Merchandise Mart; and scenes most likely used for campaign ads. Included are street scenes of downtown Atlanta, with views of public and...
Dates: approximately 1958-1966, undated

Hugh Brannon photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS477
Scope and Contents The bulk of this collection contains color slides that document buildings, street scenes, and fire incidents in downtown Atlanta during the 1960s and 1970s. Of particular note are images of Atlanta Fire Department stations and firefighting scenes. Also included are photographs of local events including the Inman Park Festival, Atlanta Braves and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets sporting events, and a civil rights demonstration by Atlanta University Center students in 1960. There is also a...
Dates: 1945-1996, undated

Jack Etheridge Photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS109
Scope and Contents of the Records

This collection is comprised of images of the construction of a section of highway that merges Interstate 75 and Interstate 85, known as the downtown connector. Included are aerial photographs of downtown Atlanta, and images taken on the ground depicting the path of the interstate.

Dates: 1961-1962

Marion Johnson photographs

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Collection number: ahc.VIS33
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...
Dates: 1938-1975

Parker Lowell Photograph Collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS136
Scope and Contents of the Records

Included in this collection are photographs of Atlanta buildings and parks. Images include the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, Piedmont Park, the Cyclorama building in Grant Park, the Hurt Building and Hurt Park, the Municipal Auditorium, Rich’s Department Store, and The Temple and other scenes on Peachtree Street.

Dates: 1949

T. Cobb Benning Photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS153
Scope and Contents of the Records

The images in this collection depict the construction of the English American building (also known as the Flatiron Building) at the intersection of Peachtree Street and Broad Street in downtown Atlanta, Georgia.

Dates: 1897- 1898

Virginia Twinam Smith slides

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Collection number: ahc.VIS397
Scope and Contents This collection contains slides of a wide variety of identified plants including herbs, flowering annuals and perennials, native shrubs, vegetables, vines, and trees of the Southeastern States. Also a part of the collection are photographs of public gardens, such as the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Callaway Gardens, Chattahoochee Nature Center, and the gardens of the Tullie Smith House at the Atlanta History Center. Other images in the Smith collection depict downtown Atlanta, skylines,...
Dates: 1978-2003

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Atlanta Braves (Baseball team) 2
Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Georgia Institute of Technology 2
Grady Memorial Hospital (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia 2
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Aaron, Hank, 1934- 1
Agnes Scott College 1
Arnall, Ellis Gibbs, 1907-1992 1
Atlanta (Ga.). Fire Department 1
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce 1
Atlanta Cyclorama (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Atlanta Falcons (Football team) 1
Atlanta Municipal Airport (Ga.) 1
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Benning, Thomas Cobb 1
Brannon, Hugh W. (Hugh Wallace), 1924-2007 1
Callaway Gardens (Pine Mountain, Ga.) 1
Democratic Party (Ga.) 1
East Lake Golf Club (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Emory University. Carter Center 1
English-American Building (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Etheridge, Jack P. 1
First Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
First National Bank of Atlanta 1
Flatiron Building (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (Football team) 1
Grady High School (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Grant Field (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Henry Grady Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio) 1
Hurt Building (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Jackson, Graham Washington, 1903-1983 1
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 1
Johnson, Marion 1
Jones, Bobby 1
Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore) 1
Ku Klux Klan, 1915- 1
Little White House (Warm Springs, Ga.) 1
Lowell, Parker 1
Masters Golf Tournament 1
Matthews, Eddie (Edwin Lee) 1
Merchandise Mart (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Morningside Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
National Bank of Georgia 1
Paramount Theater (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Peachtree Road Race (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Rich's (Retail store) 1
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 1
Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard) 1
Smith, Virginia Twinam, 1923-2015 1
Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002 1
Temple (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Trust Company of Georgia 1
Tullie Smith House (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Underground Atlanta, Inc. 1
University of Georgia 1
Veterans Administration Hospital (Decatur, Ga.) 1
Weltner, Charles Longstreet 1
Winecoff Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Zoo Atlanta 1
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