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Small business -- Georgia -- Atlanta

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Alfred S. Jenkins grocery store documents

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS742f
Scope and Content

This collection contains receipts, business licenses, and contracts from Alfred S. Jenkins' grocery and butcher store. Also included are a druggists' certificate and a letter of appreciation from the Fulton County Medical Board for his son, Matthew K. Jenkins, a doctor and pharmacist.

Dates: 1882-1956

C. D. Henson ledger

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS737
Scope and Content

This collection consists of a ledger book which recorded the business transactions of C.D. Henson, a shoemaker of Atlanta.

Dates: 1919-1921

Enrico A. Massa papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1123
Scope and Content This collection contains correspondence, business ledgers, production reports, recipes, and notes from Enrico A. Massa's pharmacy and extracts company E.A. Massa Extracts Inc. The collection also contains a 1940 program for the movie, Gone With The Wind. Of particular interest are Massa's recipes for extracts, fruit juices, and flavoring, as well as Massa's application to use alcohol in his extracts during prohibition. One recipe from 1901 is written in...
Dates: 1901-1940, undated

Lawshe family photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS323
Scope and Content

This collection contains portraits of Er Lawshe's wife, children, brother, and daughter-in-law. Of special note is one carte de visite of his jewelry business at 47 Whitehall Street.

Dates: approximately 1850-1904

Lester Maddox papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1267
Scope and Contents The collection contains records generated during Lester Maddox's time in office as governor and lieutenant governor of Georgia and his political campaigns in 1966 and 1974, subject files, booklets, correspondence, scrapbooks, and audio recordings. Campaign papers include letters of support, volunteer lists, agendas, district organization charts, and lists of contributors. Subject files include information on a 1963 grand jury investigation of the Atlanta Police Department in which Atlanta...
Dates: 1915-2003, undated

Property appraisals

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS610f
Scope and Content

This collection contains the property appraisals, tax returns, and related information for two Atlanta, Georgia businesses. One business is Joe's Laundry owned by Jew Shiu Dun, and the other is Chinese Kitchen owned by Leon Quan.

Dates: 1968-1971

Southeastern Elevator Company documents

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS779f
Scope and Content

This collection contains invoices and inter-office documents recording the company's work with installing elevators in Atlanta homes.

Dates: 1945-1946

W.M. Edwards Photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS120
Scope and Contents of the Records

This collection contains images of businesses located in Atlanta’s commercial district, including the Ivan-Allen Marshall Company, and Belle Isle-Street Company. Images of store exteriors include those located on Auburn Avenue, Whitehall Avenue, Marietta Street, Peachtree Street, and Ivy Street.

Dates: 1923