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Laborers -- Georgia -- Atlanta

 Subject
Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Duane L. Cronk Photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS117
Scope and Contents of the Records

This collection contains images of the construction of Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) rail stations, including the Five Points Station, Civic Center Station, North Avenue Station, Garnett Station, the North Line, South Line and East Line. Also included are photographs taken on the opening day for the Avondale, Decatur, Omni, Fare Gates rail stations, and the West Line.

Dates: 1978-1980, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Duane L. Cronk Photographs

Meredith Zara photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS61
Scope and Content

This collection contains two prints depicting unidentified African American laborers involved in construction work on Alabama Street, between Pryor Street and Whitehall Street in Atlanta, Georgia, during the early twentieth century. The other image is of the exterior of the Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant located on Ponce de Leon Avenue, which is now Ford Motor Lofts.

Dates: 1900-1930
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Meredith Zara photographs

Scripto Pen Company photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS204
Scope and Content This collection features photographs of the Scripto Pen Company plant and offices in Atlanta. The images document various operations, including drafting, machinery use, and assembly line work being carried out by staff. The collection also includes a photograph of the Scripto Pen Company building exterior and group portraits of personnel. Of particular note is an awards ceremony in which President John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) presents Scripo executives with the Presidents "E" Award, an award...
Dates: approximately 1924-1968, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Scripto Pen Company photographs

William B. Hartsfield films

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS194
Scope and Content The films in this collection depict the 1939 premiere of the Gone with the Wind, hosted by the City of Atlanta; Hartsfield’s 1940 mayoral campaign; Hartsfield with Gone with the Wind author Margaret Mitchell selling war bonds in downtown Atlanta during World War II; footage highlighting his six-term career as mayor; and amateur footage of Hartsfield with unidentified individuals fishing...
Dates: approximately 1939-1960
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / William B. Hartsfield films