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Rebel works in front of Atlanta, Ga., no. 2

This record contains unverified data from shelflist. Plate from: Photographic views of Sherman's campaign / from negatives taken in the field by Geo. N. Barnard. New York : 1866. Published in: Photographic view... More

Atlanta University, Georgia, U.S.A - stereocsopic card

No. 6702. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the desc...

Line graph shows comparison of African American to white populations between 1790 and 1890. Title from LOT 11931, no. 37; part title from item. Chart prepared by Atlanta University students for the Negro Exhibi... More

A great driver taking a great drink

Stereograph shows race car driver Louis Chevrolet in his "open-cockpit" automobile drinking a Coca-Cola during the Atlanta National Automobile Exposition of 1909, held at the Atlanta Speedway, Atlanta, Georgia.... More

["Red" Lopez, Mexican insurrecto leader (right) and M.J. Brennan of At...

J155894 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wins A.A.A.U. Basketball Championship, the New York University team wa...

Team passing basketball, and insert of Howard Cann holding the silver cup awarded to him. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood.

933 Railroad Avenue (House), Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Significance: House is in scale and character with remaining 20th century frame vernacular architecture of Johnsontown. See "A Community History of the Johnsontown Neighborhood" for further information. Survey... More

A group of men sitting on top of a field, possibly related to: Atlanta...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A black and white photo of people walking down the street, Georgia. Fa...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Repaired trucks. FSA (Farm Security Administration) warehouse depot. A...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Repaired truck. FSA (Farm Security Administration) warehouse depot. At...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A woman washing a baby in a high chair, Negro domestic servant. Atlant...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Atlanta mule warehouse sends a camp into rural sections of Georgia for...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia. Nursery children

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Pic... More

Building where Margaret Mitchell wrote her Pulitzer Prize-winning nove...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Known as the Crescent Apartments in the 1930s. Title, d... More

Sculpture "Thronapolis" at Russell Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse,...

Artist: Lloyd Hamrol, 1979. Mixed materials. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: P... More

Sculpture "Thronapolis" at Russell Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse,...

Artist: Lloyd Hamrol, 1979. Mixed materials. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: P... More

Atlanta, Ga. View on Decatur Street, showing Trout House and Masonic H...

Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of Sherman in Atlanta, September-November, 1864. After three and a half months of incessant maneuvering and much hard fighting, Sherman forced Hood to ab... More

Clark Howell Homes, Building C-4, 432 Lovejoy Street, Atlanta, Fulton ...

Significance: Building C-4 is a typical residential building in Clark Howell Homes, which is considered eligible for the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Developm... More

Clark Howell Homes, Building C-4, 432 Lovejoy Street, Atlanta, Fulton ...

Significance: Building C-4 is a typical residential building in Clark Howell Homes, which is considered eligible for the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Developm... More

Clark Howell Homes, Building C-4, 432 Lovejoy Street, Atlanta, Fulton ...

Significance: Building C-4 is a typical residential building in Clark Howell Homes, which is considered eligible for the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Developm... More

Equitable Building, 25 Pryor Street Northeast, Atlanta, Fulton County,...

Significance: Early skyscraper by the Chicago firm of Burnham and Root, pioneers in the development of skyscraper design. Was the first example of this new architectural form to be built in Georgia. Root, a nat... More

Clark Howell Homes, Building 12-B, 516 Lovejoy Street, Atlanta, Fulton...

Significance: Building 12-B is a typical residential building in Clark Howell Homes, which is considered eligible for the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Develop... More

Carnegie Library of Atlanta, 126 Carnegie Way, Atlanta, Fulton County,...

Significance: Was one of the few extant examples of Beaux Arts Classicism in Atlanta. When built, was the first free public library supported by a Georgia city. Name derives from a $100,000 donation from Andrew... More

Carnegie Library of Atlanta, 126 Carnegie Way, Atlanta, Fulton County,...

Significance: Was one of the few extant examples of Beaux Arts Classicism in Atlanta. When built, was the first free public library supported by a Georgia city. Name derives from a $100,000 donation from Andrew... More

Fort McPherson, World War II Station Hospital, G. U. Treatment Unit La...

Significance: Building 121 was built as a 200-man lavatory for the G.U. Treatment Unit of the Station Hospital. It signifies the expansion of the Fort McPherson Station Hospital during World War II and the role... More

Fort McPherson, World War II Station Hospital, Nurses' Quarters, Ander...

Significance: The Nurses Quarters was built as part of the Station Hospital addition of 1943. It signifies the expansion of the Fort McPherson Station Hospital during World War II and the role of 800-series hos... More

Fort McPherson, World War II Station Hospital, Nurses' Quarters, Ander...

Significance: The Nurses Quarters was built as part of the Station Hospital addition of 1943. It signifies the expansion of the Fort McPherson Station Hospital during World War II and the role of 800-series hos... More

Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site, 514 Auburn Avenue (Dup...

Significance: The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site is located in one of the oldest neighborhoods in Atlanta - the Upper Auburn Avenue area. Originally called Wheat Street in honor of one of Atlant... More

Fort McPherson, World War II Station Hospital, G. U. Treatment Unit Di...

Significance: Building 112 was the Dispensary for the G.U. Treatment Unit. The Dispensary signifies the expansion of the Fort McPherson Station Hospital during World War II and the role of the 800-series in mob... More

Fort McPherson, World War II Station Hospital, G. U. Treatment Unit Di...

Significance: Building 112 was the Dispensary for the G.U. Treatment Unit. The Dispensary signifies the expansion of the Fort McPherson Station Hospital during World War II and the role of the 800-series in mob... More

Fort McPherson, World War II Station Hospital, G. U. Treatment Unit Di...

Significance: Building 112 was the Dispensary for the G.U. Treatment Unit. The Dispensary signifies the expansion of the Fort McPherson Station Hospital during World War II and the role of the 800-series in mob... More

Techwood Homes, Building No. 13, 462-468 Techwood Drive & 157-161 Hunn...

Significance: Techwood Homes, Building 13 is a contributing building in the Techwood Homes Historic District, nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Techwood Homes is associated with eve... More

Techwood Homes, Building No. 13, 462-468 Techwood Drive & 157-161 Hunn...

Significance: Techwood Homes, Building 13 is a contributing building in the Techwood Homes Historic District, nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Techwood Homes is associated with eve... More

Clark Howell Homes, Building 12-A, 500 Lovejoy Street, Atlanta, Fulton...

Significance: Building 12-A is a typical residential building in Clark Howell Homes, which is considered eligible for the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Develop... More

Clark Howell Homes, Building 12-A, 500 Lovejoy Street, Atlanta, Fulton...

Significance: Building 12-A is a typical residential building in Clark Howell Homes, which is considered eligible for the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Develop... More

Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site, 526 Auburn Avenue (Hou...

Significance: The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site is located in one of the oldest neighborhoods in Atlanta - the Upper Auburn Avenue area. Originally called Wheat Street in honor of one of Atlant... More

39 Eleventh Street (House), Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Significance: The building exhibits a thorough continuity of materials of granite, stucco, decorative wood trim, extended rafters and red tiled gabled roofs. The diversity within the same language of materials ... More

Ruins of the passenger station, (car shed), Atlanta, Ga. - Nov. 1864

Photograph shows ruins of a railroad depot after bombing by Union General Sherman's army before their evacuation of Atlanta. Original neg. for this print: LC-B811-2715. Forms part of: Visual materials from the... More

399 Loomis Avenue (House), Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Significance: Representative of modest turn-of-the-century housing found throughout the Grant Park North National Register District in which it is located. Survey number: HABS GA-2245 Building/structure dates... More

Latimer-Felton House, Atlanta Vicinity, Panola, Dekalb County, GA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-23 Survey number: HABS GA-1106 Building/structure dates: ca. 1841 Initial Construction

Techwood Homes, Building No. 9, 112-126 Parker Street, Atlanta, Fulton...

Significance: Techwood Homes, Building 9 is a contributing building in the Techwood Homes Historic District, nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Techwood Homes is associated with even... More

Sherman's men destroying railroad during American Civil War

Stereograph showing Union soldiers inspecting the damaged railroad before the evacuation. No. 3631. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Attributed to George N. Barnard, ... More

Georgia Power Atlanta Division Building, 143 Alabama Street, Atlanta, ...

Significance: This Art Moderne six story Flemish bond brick, marble, and limestone building features a flat roof, rounded corners, and horizontal bands of windows. The building was known as the Atlanta Constit... More

Candler Park Historic District, Roughly bounded by Moreland, Dekalb, M...

Significance: The district consists of the remaining intact portion of a large residential neighborhood dating from the late 19-early 20th century. Founded as Edgewood, a small suburban community east of Atlant... More

Techwood Homes, Building No. 14, 470-474 Techwood Drive, Atlanta, Fult...

Significance: Techwood Homes, Building 14 is a contributing building in the Techwood Homes Historic District, nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Techwood Homes is associated with eve... More

Techwood Homes, Building No. 14, 470-474 Techwood Drive, Atlanta, Fult...

Significance: Techwood Homes, Building 14 is a contributing building in the Techwood Homes Historic District, nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Techwood Homes is associated with eve... More

Johnsontown Historic District, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Survey number: HABS GA-38 Building/structure dates: after. 1900- before. 1933 Initial Construction

126-255 Auburn Avenue (Commercial Buildings), Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, ...

Buildings include: Atlanta Life Building, Atlantic Life Building, Smith House, Rucker Building, Hooper Building, Alexander Building, Bethel Towers, Big Bethel Church, Odd Fellows Building & Auditorium, Cox Buil... More

Techwood Homes, Building No. 20, 570-580 Techwood Drive, Atlanta, Fult...

Significance: Techwood Homes, Building 20 is a contributing building in the Techwood Homes Historic District, nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Techwood Homes is associated with eve... More

Techwood Homes, Building No. 11, 115-119 Mills Street, Atlanta, Fulton...

Significance: Techwood Homes, Building 11 is a contributing building in the Techwood Homes Historic District, nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Techwood Homes is associated with eve... More

Fort McPherson, World War II Station Hospital, Nurses' Quarters, Ander...

Significance: The Nurses Quarters signifies the expansion of the Fort McPherson Station Hospital during World War II and represents mobilization construction according to plans of the "New" 700 series. Building... More

Atlanta, Georgia, just after its capture

View of railroad "car shed" in Nov. 1864, with covered wagons loaded with supplies for Union troops, shortly before the March to the Sea began under General Sherman. (Source: George N. Barnard, by Keith F. Davi... More

The slave market, Atlanta, Ga. - A black and white photo of a town str...

Stereograph showing a man with a rifle sitting outside a commercial building used as a slave market, bearing a sign "Auction & Negro Sales" on Whitehall Street. No. 3608, in series: War Views. Imprinted on card... More

Techwood Homes, McDaniel Dormitory, 581-587 Techwood Drive, Atlanta, F...

Significance: Techwood Dormitory is a contributing building in the Techwood Homes Historic District, nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Techwood Dormitory differs from the majority o... More

Techwood Homes, McDaniel Dormitory, 581-587 Techwood Drive, Atlanta, F...

Significance: Techwood Dormitory is a contributing building in the Techwood Homes Historic District, nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Techwood Dormitory differs from the majority o... More

Techwood Homes, McDaniel Dormitory, 581-587 Techwood Drive, Atlanta, F...

Significance: Techwood Dormitory is a contributing building in the Techwood Homes Historic District, nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Techwood Dormitory differs from the majority o... More

Techwood Homes, McDaniel Dormitory, 581-587 Techwood Drive, Atlanta, F...

Significance: Techwood Dormitory is a contributing building in the Techwood Homes Historic District, nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Techwood Dormitory differs from the majority o... More

Clark Howell Homes (Public Housing), Bounded by North Avenue, Lovejoy ...

Significance: Clark Howell Homes is the first public housing project to be completed by the Atlanta Housing Authority, which was created in May of 1938. Clark Howell Homes is a representative example of pre-Wor... More

Clark Howell Homes (Public Housing), Bounded by North Avenue, Lovejoy ...

Significance: Clark Howell Homes is the first public housing project to be completed by the Atlanta Housing Authority, which was created in May of 1938. Clark Howell Homes is a representative example of pre-Wor... More

Clark Howell Homes (Public Housing), Bounded by North Avenue, Lovejoy ...

Significance: Clark Howell Homes is the first public housing project to be completed by the Atlanta Housing Authority, which was created in May of 1938. Clark Howell Homes is a representative example of pre-Wor... More

Ruins of Atlanta, Ga. - A black and white photo of a factory

Stereograph showing two chimneys in the foreground and buildings in the background. No. 2716, in series: War Views. Imprinted on card: E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., 591 (i.e. 501) Broadway, New York. Hand written o... More

J. H. Hawes Elevator, Second Street, Atlanta, Logan County, IL

1998 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The J. H. Hawes Elevator is located in the small town of Atlanta, Logan County, Illinois. Built in 1904, it is an excellent surviving example of a heavy-timbe... More

J. H. Hawes Elevator, Second Street, Atlanta, Logan County, IL

1998 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The J. H. Hawes Elevator is located in the small town of Atlanta, Logan County, Illinois. Built in 1904, it is an excellent surviving example of a heavy-timbe... More

Clark Howell Homes, Building E-6, 498 Venable Street, Atlanta, Fulton ...

Significance: Building E-6 is a typical residential building in Clark Howell Homes, which is considered eligible for the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Developm... More

Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site, Brown-Hayes Department...

Significance: The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site is located in one of the oldest neighborhoods in Atlanta - the Upper Auburn Avenue area. Originally called Wheat Street in honor of one of Atlant... More

Marietta Road Bridge, Marietta Road, Spanning Inman Railroad Yards, At...

Significance: The Marietta Road Bridge comprises a pair of three span pin connected Double Intersection Pratt through trusses. Its designer and/or fabricator are unknown but the technological character of the ... More

Roxboro House, 3492 Roxboro Road, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Significance: The Roxboro House is historically significant as an intact example of a ca. 1938 minimal traditional style house. It possesses a local level of significance in the area of architecture. Survey nu... More

Roxboro House, 3492 Roxboro Road, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Significance: The Roxboro House is historically significant as an intact example of a ca. 1938 minimal traditional style house. It possesses a local level of significance in the area of architecture. Survey nu... More

Dutch Creek Work Station, Bunkhouse, Atlanta, Elmore County, ID

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-27 Survey number: HABS ID-62

Clark Howell Homes, Building G-2, 583 McAfee Street, Atlanta, Fulton C...

Significance: Building G-2 is a typical residential building in Clark Howell Homes, which is considered eligible for the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Developm... More

Benorsey Boyce House, 78 Howell Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Survey number: HABS GA-2330 Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Atlanta Fixtures Building, 102-106 Pryor Street, Atlanta, Fulton Count...

Significance: The Atlanta Fixtures Buildings have been determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places as individual structures. They are contributing elements of the Underground Atl... More

Atlanta Fixtures Building, 102-106 Pryor Street, Atlanta, Fulton Count...

Significance: The Atlanta Fixtures Buildings have been determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places as individual structures. They are contributing elements of the Underground Atl... More

Techwood Homes, Building No. 16, 488-514 Techwood Drive, Atlanta, Fult...

Significance: Techwood Homes, Building 16 is a contributing building in the Techwood Homes Historic District, nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Techwood Homes is associated with eve... More

Techwood Homes, Building No. 16, 488-514 Techwood Drive, Atlanta, Fult...

Significance: Techwood Homes, Building 16 is a contributing building in the Techwood Homes Historic District, nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Techwood Homes is associated with eve... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Rich's Downtown Department Store, 45 Broad Street, Atlanta, Fulton Cou...

Significance: The original 1924 building, which has been added to eight times, reflects the appearance of an Italian palazzo, a favorite theme associated with department stores constructed in the early twentiet... More

Techwood Homes, Building No. 6, 465 Techwood Drive & 119-125 Hunnicutt...

Significance: Techwood Homes, Building 6 is a contributing building in the Techwood Homes Historic District, nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Techwood Homes is associated with even... More

Techwood Homes, Building No. 6, 465 Techwood Drive & 119-125 Hunnicutt...

Significance: Techwood Homes, Building 6 is a contributing building in the Techwood Homes Historic District, nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Techwood Homes is associated with even... More

Techwood Homes (Public Housing), Bounded by North Avenue, Parker Stree...

Significance: The first federally funded housing project in the United States, Techwood Homes represents the first large-scale attempt to eradicate slum housing in a socially humanitarian way in this country. T... More

Techwood Homes, Building No. 3, 559 Techwood Drive & 129-135 Merrit Av...

Significance: Techwood Homes Building 3 is a contributing building in the Techwood Homes Historic District, nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The building is significant for its rol... More

Techwood Homes, Building No. 4, 489-499 Techwood Drive & 115-119 Pine ...

Significance: Techwood Homes, Building 4 is a contributing building in the Techwood Homes Historic District, nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Techwood Homes is associated with even... More

Techwood Homes, Building No. 4, 489-499 Techwood Drive & 115-119 Pine ...

Significance: Techwood Homes, Building 4 is a contributing building in the Techwood Homes Historic District, nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Techwood Homes is associated with even... More

Clark Howell Homes, Community Center, 528 Lovejoy Street, Atlanta, Ful...

Significance: Building GA-2309-A is the community center for Clark Howell Homes, which is considered eligible for the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development... More

Clark Howell Homes, Community Center, 528 Lovejoy Street, Atlanta, Ful...

Significance: Building GA-2309-A is the community center for Clark Howell Homes, which is considered eligible for the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development... More

Odd Fellows Building & Auditorium, 228-250 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Ful...

Significance: It constituted the first large-scale, black-owned, black-operated, multiple use complex in Atlanta. Built in 1911-13 for the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, the complex was the brainchild of Be... More

Odd Fellows Building & Auditorium, 228-250 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Ful...

Significance: It constituted the first large-scale, black-owned, black-operated, multiple use complex in Atlanta. Built in 1911-13 for the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, the complex was the brainchild of Be... More