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Fashion -- Georgia -- Atlanta

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Daniel O. Dougherty, Jr.'s photographs of Atlanta public schools

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS300
Scope and Content

This collection contains images of class photographs from early Atlanta schools, including Calhoun Street School; Calhoun School; Hunter's School for Boys; and Ivy Street School.

Dates: approximately 1881-1904, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Daniel O. Dougherty, Jr.'s photographs of Atlanta public schools

Evans family photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS36
Scope and Content The collection of photographs consists of images documenting the life of William R. Evans and Alva C. Evans’ family in Atlanta. The images include portrait photographs of their family and friends; however, most of the images are studio portraits of unidentified people. Twelve photographs include William and Alva Evans at their family home, work, and in studio portraits. Also included is a small scrapbook with unidentified photographs. Most of the images in the scrapbook are of Alva Evans,...
Dates: approximately 1920-1970, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Evans family photographs

Mason I. Lowance photograph collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS325
Scope and Content

This collection contains images from the 1958 Harvest Ball at the Piedmont Driving Ball and is mostly of couples as they enter into the ballroom. Also included are slides from the 1962 Atlanta Art Association trip, in which 106 of the passengers were Atlanta art patrons who died in the crash as the plane was taking off. Also includes a slide of the front cover of the Atlanta Constitution for June 4, 1962.

Dates: 1958-1962
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Mason I. Lowance photograph collection

Mildred L. Jackson papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS908
Scope and Content This collection contains material related to the Fashion Group, Inc., Rich's Fashionata, and the fashion industry in Atlanta. Included in the collection are membership lists, newsletters, souvenir programs, newspaper clippings, correspondence and event planning materials, and greeting cards. The collection is divided into three series: Series I, The Fashion Group, Inc.; Series II, Fashionata; and Series III, Greeting Cards...
Dates: 1945-1980, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Mildred L. Jackson papers

Peter Snow Dixie Camera Club photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS336
Scope and Content

This collection contains photographs of Dixie Camera Club members and images of club members and their children modeling at Eskew Lake in Fairburn, Georgia, and Jackson Lake in Newton County.

Dates: 1949-1953
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Peter Snow Dixie Camera Club photographs

Rich's, Inc. records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1245
Scope and Contents This collection contains records of the downtown Atlanta flagship store and retail stores throughout the Southeastern United States. Included in the collection are annual reports, biographical materials of founding members and executives, business history, employee publications, employee training materials, lists of officers and directors, newspaper clippings, publicity materials, and scrapbooks, as well as materials on store openings and expansions, promotions, and special events....
Dates: 1877-1988, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Rich's, Inc. records

Sally F. White papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1128
Scope and Content This collection consists of correspondence, news clippings, research materials, manuscripts, records, and other documents from Sally F. White's work with various public service organizations. The bulk consists of material regarding White's work with the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) as well as other archival material from the 1996 Olympics and Paralympics. The collection also contains documents created by the Atlanta Fashion Group during the United States Bicentennial in...
Dates: 1949-2010, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Sally F. White papers

William McElreath Branham photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS291
Scope and Content

This collection contains images of Branham family members, including: Walter McElreath at age 40; J.N. McEachern and his wife; and Emmett and May McElreath, law partner and brother of Walter McElreath. Of special note is a profile image of Robert E. Lee, believed to be signed by him.

Dates: approximately 1935, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / William McElreath Branham photographs