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Streets -- Georgia -- Atlanta

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Cornelia Cunningham Schoolcraft Huffer drawings

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS224
Scope and Content

This collection contains twenty-four original pencil sketches on drawing board by Cornelia Cunningham Schoolcraft Huffer that she used for her book, Atlanta: City of To-Day, published in 1933. The drawings include Atlanta landmarks, street scenes, and prominent buildings and houses in the city.

Dates: 1933
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Cornelia Cunningham Schoolcraft Huffer drawings

Fulton National Bank films

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS519
Scope and Contents

The footage documents the construction of the Fulton National Bank building and shows Downtown and Midtown Atlanta street scenes surrounding the building. Also featured are tours and previews of the new Fulton National Bank building throughout 1954 and 1955. Tour participants include Georgia bankers, television crews, and the public. Of particular interest is color footage of surrounding streets scenes around Marietta and Forsyth Streets. All of this footage in this collection is silent.

Dates: approximately 1953-1955
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Fulton National Bank films

Henry L. Taylor visual arts materials of Atlanta Transit System, Inc.

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS382
Scope and Contents This collection contains photographs and blueprints from the Atlanta Transit System, Inc. (ATS) in Atlanta, Georgia. Included are photographs and schematics of buses, streetcars, and trolleys used by ATS, as well as images of ATS staff. Of special note are photographs of Governor Lester Maddox (1915-2003) with William P. Maynard, president of ATS, signing a sales tax relief bill, which removed sales taxes on passenger fares. Also included is an image of Governor Maddox signing a proclamation...
Dates: 1923-1975, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Henry L. Taylor visual arts materials of Atlanta Transit System, Inc.

Joseph Victor McCannon papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1280
Scope and Contents This collection contains McCannon's personal and professional papers as well as publications related to urban planning, historic preservation and transportation, focusing primarily on the development of the Atlanta metropolitan area. The bulk of the materials include correspondence, memoranda, and reports related to infrastructure projects by the City of Atlanta and Metropolitan Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA). Also included in the collection are zoning ordinances, meeting agendas, and...
Dates: 1929-2016, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Joseph Victor McCannon papers

Kathryn W. Kemp photographs of the Little Five Points neighborhood

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS476
Scope and Contents This collection contains photographs taken by Kathryn W. Kemp of the Little Five Points neighborhood in 1986, primarily of businesses on Euclid and Moreland Avenues. Businesses featured include the Little Five Points Pawn Shop, Major Furniture Company, Junkman’s Daughter, Wax ‘N’ Facts record store, the Eighteen Ninety Lighting Company, Sevanada Natural Foods Market, the Academy office building, and the Little Five Points Community Pub. Also included are images of the Little Five Points...
Dates: 1986
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Kathryn W. Kemp photographs of the Little Five Points neighborhood

Lucille K. Peters photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS372
Scope and Content

This collection contains photographs of the Peters family and their residence at the intersection of Ponce de Leon and Piedmont Avenues, as well as houses in their immediate area, including the Samuel M. Inman (1843-1915) home. Also included are photographs of the Peters family farm in Gordon County, Georgia, views of downtown Atlanta and Piedmont Park, and scenes from the 1895 Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dates: Approximately 1880-1895
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Lucille K. Peters photographs

Mule to MARTA Volume II photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS437
Scope and Contents This collection contains photographs of early 20th century Atlanta vehicles detailed in Volume II of Jean Martin’s Mule to MARTA book series. The collection includes images of trackless trolleys, coach cars, buses, work cars and cranes, and a light rail vehicle. Many of the photographs show these vehicles in use on downtown Atlanta streets. Other images include a revised city plan from the 1924 Beeler Report, a motorman, and a former trolley that was...
Dates: 1902-1976, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Mule to MARTA Volume II photographs

Oscar S. Davis papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS829
Scope and Content This collection includes a lease, 1928 sales contract, warranty deed, affidavits, tax returns, newspaper clippings, and correspondence pertaining to the sale of 84-86 Whitehall Street and 111-115 Hunter Street in Atlanta, Georgia, on October 26, 1928. The properties were known as the Davis property and sold to W.T. Grant Realty Corporation. Also included are Oscar S. Davis' University of Georgia mementos, including 1884-1894 commencement programs, advertisements for a lecture, an 1888...
Dates: 1884-1928, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Oscar S. Davis papers

Postcard collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS93
Scope and Contents This collection contains postcards that depict scenes in Atlanta and the state of Georgia. Most of the images are of man-made structures in Atlanta including Agnes Scott College, Atlanta Municipal Airport (now Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport), Biltmore Hotel, Booker T. Washington High School, Bulloch Hall, Candler Building, Capitol City Club, City Hall, Clark College (now Clark Atlanta University), Atlanta Cyclorama at Grant Park, English-American (Flatiron) Building, Fort...
Dates: 1899-1990, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Postcard collection

Series I: Atlanta-Fulton County Joint Planning Board records, 1920-1974

 Series
Scope and Contents This series contains committee meeting minutes from the Atlanta-Fulton County Joint Planning Board regarding city changes, such as the establishment of a municipal market located in the Sweet Auburn neighborhood, city charter amendments, and review of applications and petitions to change zoning ordinances. These requests include changing a residential district to a business district; street name changes, such as the Harwick Road to Mystic Place; and granting special use permits so that...
Dates: 1920-1974
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / ahc.MSS1268, Atlanta Department of City Planning records

Series II: Board of Zoning Adjustment records, 1922-1997, undated

 Series
Scope and Contents This series contains committee meeting minutes from the Board of Zoning Adjustment’s review of applications and appeals for zoning variances. Types of variances included requests for new building projects or home renovations; special use permits; district rezoning, such as rezoning a house to operate business; and lot resizing. Of particular note is an application from the Westminster School Inc. to build schools and boarding buildings and the Atlanta Merchandise Mart’s appeal against the...
Dates: 1922-1997, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / ahc.MSS1268, Atlanta Department of City Planning records

Series III: Zoning Review Board records, 1954-1984

 Series
Scope and Contents This series contains committee meeting minutes from the Zoning Review Board’s review of rezoning petitions and special use permits, as well as discussions about city zoning ordinance changes. The series contains rezoning petitions for personal property, a residential or industrial area, or streets. Also included are special use permits filed for additions to businesses and building structure. Minutes also document special meetings where the public discussed specific topics such as proposed...
Dates: 1954-1984
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / ahc.MSS1268, Atlanta Department of City Planning records

Susie Flynn Hughs photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS306
Scope and Content

This collection contains images of buildings constructed for the Cotton States International Exposition in Piedmont Park approximately 10 years after the fair. Other images include photographs of downtown Atlanta and two family members.

Dates: approximately 1905
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Susie Flynn Hughs photographs

William A. Manning photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS313
Scope and Content

This collection contains photographs of William A. Manning, Sr and his family. It also includes images of street scenes in Atlanta.

Dates: approximately 1907-1939
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / William A. Manning photographs