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Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia

1892. 54 Sheet(s). 5 skeleton maps. Bound. Georgia fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fi... More

John Hope Homes, Building B-8, 337 Northside Drive, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

John Hope Homes, Building B-8, 337 Northside Drive, Atlanta, Fulton Co...

Significance: John Hope Homes was originally planned as an extension of University Homes the first federally subsidized housing project for Black residents in the United States. In its own right, it is signific... More

[Atlanta, Ga. Atlanta Intelligencer office by the railroad depot]

[Atlanta, Ga. Atlanta Intelligencer office by the railroad depot]

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 a... More

Atlanta, before being burnt: by order of Gen'l. Sherman, from the cupola of the Female Seminary

Atlanta, before being burnt: by order of Gen'l. Sherman, from the cupo...

Landmarks labeled under image. Source unknown. Exhibited: "The Civil War in America" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2013.

Mountian city waltzes, op. 10 - Public domain American sheet music
Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site, 514 Auburn Avenue (Duplex), 514 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

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

Techwood Homes, Building No. 13, 462-468 Techwood Drive & 157-161 Hunnicutt Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

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

C. T. Vivian oral history interview conducted by Taylor Branch in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011-03-29.

C. T. Vivian oral history interview conducted by Taylor Branch in Atla...

C. T. Vivian recalls growing up in Macomb, Illinois, working in Peoria, Illinois, and his call to the ministry. He discusses attending the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee, where he... More

C. T. Vivian oral history interview conducted by Taylor Branch in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011-03-29.

C. T. Vivian oral history interview conducted by Taylor Branch in Atla...

C. T. Vivian recalls growing up in Macomb, Illinois, working in Peoria, Illinois, and his call to the ministry. He discusses attending the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee, where he... More

C. T. Vivian oral history interview conducted by Taylor Branch in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011-03-29.

C. T. Vivian oral history interview conducted by Taylor Branch in Atla...

C. T. Vivian recalls growing up in Macomb, Illinois, working in Peoria, Illinois, and his call to the ministry. He discusses attending the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee, where he... More

C. T. Vivian oral history interview conducted by Taylor Branch in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011-03-29.

C. T. Vivian oral history interview conducted by Taylor Branch in Atla...

C. T. Vivian recalls growing up in Macomb, Illinois, working in Peoria, Illinois, and his call to the ministry. He discusses attending the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee, where he... More

C. T. Vivian oral history interview conducted by Taylor Branch in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011-03-29.

C. T. Vivian oral history interview conducted by Taylor Branch in Atla...

C. T. Vivian recalls growing up in Macomb, Illinois, working in Peoria, Illinois, and his call to the ministry. He discusses attending the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee, where he... More

C. T. Vivian oral history interview conducted by Taylor Branch in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011-03-29.

C. T. Vivian oral history interview conducted by Taylor Branch in Atla...

C. T. Vivian recalls growing up in Macomb, Illinois, working in Peoria, Illinois, and his call to the ministry. He discusses attending the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee, where he... More

C. T. Vivian oral history interview conducted by Taylor Branch in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011-03-29.

C. T. Vivian oral history interview conducted by Taylor Branch in Atla...

C. T. Vivian recalls growing up in Macomb, Illinois, working in Peoria, Illinois, and his call to the ministry. He discusses attending the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee, where he... More

C. T. Vivian oral history interview conducted by Taylor Branch in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011-03-29.

C. T. Vivian oral history interview conducted by Taylor Branch in Atla...

C. T. Vivian recalls growing up in Macomb, Illinois, working in Peoria, Illinois, and his call to the ministry. He discusses attending the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee, where he... More

C. T. Vivian oral history interview conducted by Taylor Branch in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011-03-29.

C. T. Vivian oral history interview conducted by Taylor Branch in Atla...

C. T. Vivian recalls growing up in Macomb, Illinois, working in Peoria, Illinois, and his call to the ministry. He discusses attending the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee, where he... More

C. T. Vivian oral history interview conducted by Taylor Branch in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011-03-29.

C. T. Vivian oral history interview conducted by Taylor Branch in Atla...

C. T. Vivian recalls growing up in Macomb, Illinois, working in Peoria, Illinois, and his call to the ministry. He discusses attending the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee, where he... More

Atlanta University - Public domain document scan

Atlanta University - Public domain document scan

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

Uncle Sam has hit the trail - Public domain World War One sheet music

Uncle Sam has hit the trail - Public domain World War One sheet music

words by Margaret Wallace ; music by Chas. A. Sheldon, Jr. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. "To the soldier boys of Georgia"--Caption. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress... More

Uncle Sam has hit the trail - Public domain World War One sheet music

Uncle Sam has hit the trail - Public domain World War One sheet music

words by Margaret Wallace ; music by Chas. A. Sheldon, Jr. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. "To the soldier boys of Georgia"--Caption. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress... More

Gen. Sherman's men destroying the railroad before the evacuation of Atlanta, Ga.

Gen. Sherman's men destroying the railroad before the evacuation of At...

No. 3630. Attributed to George N. Barnard, based on LC-B811-3630. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Correspondin... More

Mountain city waltzes - Public domain American sheet music, 1883

Mountain city waltzes - Public domain American sheet music, 1883

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Map illustrating the military operations in front of Atlanta, Ga. : from the passage of Peach Tree Creek, July 19th, 1864, to the commencement of the movement upon the enemy's lines of communication, south of Atlanta, August 26th, 1864 /

Map illustrating the military operations in front of Atlanta, Ga. : fr...

Shows fortifications, headquarters, and location and dates of battles. Relief shown by hachures. Gift; Miss Eleanor Sherman Fitch; July 7, 1942. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S195, 143 Available also through the... More

Federal fort no. 19 new lines, on the east side of the city - Georgia R.R. Built after occupation of the city, Nov. 1864, Atlanta, Ga.

Federal fort no. 19 new lines, on the east side of the city - Georgia ...

Photograph shows reconstruction of fortification lines in progress at a former Confederate fort. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O.M. Poe.

Map[s] illustrating the military operations of the Atlanta campaign ... 1864 /

Map[s] illustrating the military operations of the Atlanta campaign .....

Shows Union Army lines of march, dates, troop positions, and campsites in northwestern Georgia between Chattanooga and Atlanta. Relief shown by hachures. The coverage of these 5 maps is indicated on J.v. Glümer... More

126-255 Auburn Avenue (Commercial Buildings), Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

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

Clark Howell Homes, Building J-1, 432 Venable Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Clark Howell Homes, Building J-1, 432 Venable Street, Atlanta, Fulton ...

Significance: Building J-1 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

Photographs of the U.S. courthouse and post office in Sioux City, Iowa

Photographs of the U.S. courthouse and post office in Sioux City, Iowa

Images show exterior and interior views of the U.S. courthouse and post office in Sioux City, Iowa. Details include the courtroom, doors and windows, hallways, stairways, and decorative elements such as wood p... More

Photographs of the U.S. courthouse and post office in Sioux City, Iowa

Photographs of the U.S. courthouse and post office in Sioux City, Iowa

Images show exterior and interior views of the U.S. courthouse and post office in Sioux City, Iowa. Details include the courtroom, doors and windows, hallways, stairways, and decorative elements such as wood p... More

Swan House, 3099 Andrews Drive, Northwest, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Swan House, 3099 Andrews Drive, Northwest, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

See also HALS GA-2 for additional documentation. Survey number: HABS GA-2111

Trout House and Masonic Hall, Marrietta St., Atlanta, Ga.

Trout House and Masonic Hall, Marrietta St., Atlanta, Ga.

Stereograph showing a Federal encampment outside Trout House and Masonic Hall on Decatur Street. No. 3581, in series: War Views. Imprinted on card: E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., 591 (i.e. 501) Broadway, New York. A... More

Fort McPherson, World War II Station Hospital, G. U. Treatment Unit Barracks, Nininger Way, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

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

Significance: Building 126 is a barracks signifying the expansion of the Fort McPherson Station Hospital during World War II and the role of T.O. 700-series, temporary construction during mobilization. Building... More

Techwood Homes, Building No. 20, 570-580 Techwood Drive, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

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

Jamila Jones oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011-04-27.

Jamila Jones oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Atl...

Jamila Jones recalls participating in the Montgomery Bus Boycott as a child and forming a singing group at age 11, the Montgomery Gospel Trio, to raise money for the Civil Rights Movement. She recalls helping t... More

Jamila Jones oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011-04-27.

Jamila Jones oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Atl...

Jamila Jones recalls participating in the Montgomery Bus Boycott as a child and forming a singing group at age 11, the Montgomery Gospel Trio, to raise money for the Civil Rights Movement. She recalls helping t... More

Jamila Jones oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011-04-27.

Jamila Jones oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Atl...

Jamila Jones recalls participating in the Montgomery Bus Boycott as a child and forming a singing group at age 11, the Montgomery Gospel Trio, to raise money for the Civil Rights Movement. She recalls helping t... More

He's now upon the sea ; In the cross I glory ; O how happy are they

He's now upon the sea ; In the cross I glory ; O how happy are they

music by Flavil Hall. (statement of responsibility) Publication information from U.S. Copyright Catalog. For voice and piano. Staff and shape notation. (language) He's now upon the sea / [words by] Mrs. Lucius ... More

Atlanta, Georgia. Fortifications, American Civil War Glass Negative.

Atlanta, Georgia. Fortifications, American Civil War Glass Negative.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The  tree of liberty patriotic song

The tree of liberty patriotic song

Words and music by Thomas Ward Ezzard. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Staff notation. (language)

Clark Howell Homes (Public Housing), Bounded by North Avenue, Lovejoy Street, Mills Street & Luckie Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

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

Atlanta, Georgia. Interior view of Confederate fort, east of W. & A. Railroad, looking east

Atlanta, Georgia. Interior view of Confederate fort, east of W. & A. R...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arkwright House, 1585 Ponce DeLeon Avenue, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Arkwright House, 1585 Ponce DeLeon Avenue, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Significance: Architectural - The Arkwright House is a good example of the English Tudor Eclectic style built on a grand scale. Historical - The house was built by Preston S. Arkwright, a prominent Atlanta civi... More

Techwood Homes, Building No. 10, 403-411 Techwood Drive, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Techwood Homes, Building No. 10, 403-411 Techwood Drive, Atlanta, Fult...

Significance: Techwood Homes, Building 10 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

Marietta Road Bridge, Marietta Road, Spanning Inman Railroad Yards, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

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

General Sherman's grand Atlanta march, American march music
Atlanta, Georgia. Sherman's men destroying railroad

Atlanta, Georgia. Sherman's men destroying railroad

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Clark Howell Homes, Building G-2, 583 McAfee Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

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

Clark Howell Homes, Building G-2, 583 McAfee Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

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

Federal fort no. 13, new lines. Built after the occupation of the city, looking west toward no. 12, Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 1864

Federal fort no. 13, new lines. Built after the occupation of the city...

Photograph shows fortifications and weapons in a former Confederate fort now occupied by Union forces. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O.M. Poe.

Joseph Echols Lowery oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011-06-06.

Joseph Echols Lowery oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnie...

Summary: Joseph Lowery recalls his position as pastor at the Warren Street Church in Mobile, Alabama, in the 1950s. He remembers joining the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), t... More

Clark Howell Homes, Building H-1, 253 Mills Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Clark Howell Homes, Building H-1, 253 Mills Street, Atlanta, Fulton Co...

Significance: Building H-1 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

Kay Tillow oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Louisville, Kentucky, 2013-08-14.

Kay Tillow oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Louis...

Summary: Kay Tillow describes learning about the Civil Rights Movement as a student at the University of Illinois, where she got involved with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAA... More

Techwood Homes, Building No. 6, 465 Techwood Drive & 119-125 Hunnicutt Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

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

Ruby Nell Sales oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011-04-25.

Ruby Nell Sales oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in ...

Ruby Sales discusses her father's military career, growing up in Columbus, Georgia, and attending the Tuskegee Institute. She recalls joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Selma to M... More

Ruby Nell Sales oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011-04-25.

Ruby Nell Sales oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in ...

Ruby Sales discusses her father's military career, growing up in Columbus, Georgia, and attending the Tuskegee Institute. She recalls joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Selma to M... More

Ruby Nell Sales oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011-04-25.

Ruby Nell Sales oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in ...

Ruby Sales discusses her father's military career, growing up in Columbus, Georgia, and attending the Tuskegee Institute. She recalls joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Selma to M... More

Clark Howell Homes, Community Center, 528 Lovejoy Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

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

Georgia State Capitol, Capitol Square, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Georgia State Capitol, Capitol Square, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Significance: This is the fourth capitol building owned by the State and has been in continuous use since its completion in 1889. Located atop a hill near downtown Atlanta, it previously contained the Atlanta C... More

Georgia State Capitol, Capitol Square, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Georgia State Capitol, Capitol Square, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Significance: This is the fourth capitol building owned by the State and has been in continuous use since its completion in 1889. Located atop a hill near downtown Atlanta, it previously contained the Atlanta C... More

Lonnie C. King oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Atlanta, Georgia, 2013-05-29.

Lonnie C. King oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in At...

Summary: Lonnie C. King shares his memories of growing up in Atlanta, where he attended Ebenezer Baptist Church and was close with Martin Luther King, Jr.'s family. He recalls hs stint in the U.S. Navy, his yea... More

Lonnie C. King oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Atlanta, Georgia, 2013-05-29.

Lonnie C. King oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in At...

Summary: Lonnie C. King shares his memories of growing up in Atlanta, where he attended Ebenezer Baptist Church and was close with Martin Luther King, Jr.'s family. He recalls hs stint in the U.S. Navy, his yea... More

Lonnie C. King oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Atlanta, Georgia, 2013-05-29.

Lonnie C. King oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in At...

Summary: Lonnie C. King shares his memories of growing up in Atlanta, where he attended Ebenezer Baptist Church and was close with Martin Luther King, Jr.'s family. He recalls hs stint in the U.S. Navy, his yea... More

Lonnie C. King oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Atlanta, Georgia, 2013-05-29.

Lonnie C. King oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in At...

Summary: Lonnie C. King shares his memories of growing up in Atlanta, where he attended Ebenezer Baptist Church and was close with Martin Luther King, Jr.'s family. He recalls hs stint in the U.S. Navy, his yea... More

Lonnie C. King oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Atlanta, Georgia, 2013-05-29.

Lonnie C. King oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in At...

Summary: Lonnie C. King shares his memories of growing up in Atlanta, where he attended Ebenezer Baptist Church and was close with Martin Luther King, Jr.'s family. He recalls hs stint in the U.S. Navy, his yea... More

Lonnie C. King oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Atlanta, Georgia, 2013-05-29.

Lonnie C. King oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in At...

Summary: Lonnie C. King shares his memories of growing up in Atlanta, where he attended Ebenezer Baptist Church and was close with Martin Luther King, Jr.'s family. He recalls hs stint in the U.S. Navy, his yea... More

Techwood Homes, Building No. 5, 467 Techwood Drive & 114-120  Pine Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Techwood Homes, Building No. 5, 467 Techwood Drive & 114-120 Pine Str...

Significance: Techwood Homes, Building 5 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

Doris Adelaide Derby oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011-04-26.
Message of his excellency Rufus B. Bullock Governor, to the General Assembly of Georgia Atlanta, Ga. March 9th, 1869.

Message of his excellency Rufus B. Bullock Governor, to the General As...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 3 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 14, Folder 30. Copy scanned: 1

Kathleen Cleaver oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011-09-16.

Kathleen Cleaver oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in...

Kathleen Cleaver recalls growing up in Tuskegee, Alabama, India and the Philippines while her father worked for the foreign service. She remembers dropping out of college to work for the Student Nonviolent Coor... More

Kathleen Cleaver oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011-09-16.

Kathleen Cleaver oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in...

Kathleen Cleaver recalls growing up in Tuskegee, Alabama, India and the Philippines while her father worked for the foreign service. She remembers dropping out of college to work for the Student Nonviolent Coor... More

Kathleen Cleaver oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011-09-16.

Kathleen Cleaver oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in...

Kathleen Cleaver recalls growing up in Tuskegee, Alabama, India and the Philippines while her father worked for the foreign service. She remembers dropping out of college to work for the Student Nonviolent Coor... More

Kathleen Cleaver oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011-09-16.

Kathleen Cleaver oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in...

Kathleen Cleaver recalls growing up in Tuskegee, Alabama, India and the Philippines while her father worked for the foreign service. She remembers dropping out of college to work for the Student Nonviolent Coor... More

Techwood Homes, Building No. 1, 575-579 Techwood Drive, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Techwood Homes, Building No. 1, 575-579 Techwood Drive, Atlanta, Fulto...

Significance: Techwood Homes Building 1 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

How Sherman's veterans took Atlanta. Air- Lanigan's ball. ... No. 300 North 20th Street, Philadelphia. [c. 1864]

How Sherman's veterans took Atlanta. Air- Lanigan's ball. ... No. 300 ...

Public domain song - scan of American song sheet, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Map of army operations Atlanta campaign between Kingston and Atlanta

Map of army operations Atlanta campaign between Kingston and Atlanta

Scale 1:285,120. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 132.7 Map of Bartow, Cherokee, Paulding, Cobb, and Fulton counties, Georgia, showing location and date of battles, towns, roads, railroads, entrenchments, drainage,... More

Map of the Atlanta campaign. [May-Sept. 1864].

Map of the Atlanta campaign. [May-Sept. 1864].

Scale ca. 1:830,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 133 From Century illustrated monthly magazine, v. 34, July 1887. P. 446. Map of the northwest Georgia showing location and date of engagements, railroads, towns... More

State house, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A - stereocsopic card

State house, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A - stereocsopic card

No. 6700. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Atlanta, Hamilton And Tipton Counties, Indiana.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Atlanta, Hamilton And Tipton Counties,...

Mar 1902. 1 Sheet(s). Indiana fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability.... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Atlanta, Hamilton And Tipton Counties, Indiana.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Atlanta, Hamilton And Tipton Counties,...

Apr 1909. 1 Sheet(s). Indiana fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability.... More

U.S. Penitentiary, Atlanta, Ga.  Jul. 1, 1911

U.S. Penitentiary, Atlanta, Ga. Jul. 1, 1911

Public domain photograph related to American government and politics, World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. Dora Stainers, 562 12 Decatur St. 39 years old. Began spinning in an Atlanta mill at 7 years, and is in this mill work for 32 years. Only 4 days of schooling in her life. Began at 20 cents a day. The most she ever made was $1.75 a day & now she is earning $1 a day when she works. She is looking for a job. Her little girl Lilie is the same age she was when she started work, but the mother says, "I ain't goin to put her to work if I can help it. I'm goin' to give her as much education as I can so she can do better than I did." Mrs. Stainers is a woman of exceptional ability considering her training. In contrast to her is formed ? another woman (this name was withheld) who has been working in Atlanta mills for 10 yrs. She began at 10 yrs. of age, married at 12, broke down, and may never be able to work again. Her mother went to work in the cotton mill very young. Location: Atlanta, Georgia

Mrs. Dora Stainers, 562 12 Decatur St. 39 years old. Began spinning in...

Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 3902. Hine no. 3906. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

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

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

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

Negro houses. Atlanta, Georgia. Farm Security Administartion 1930s public domain photo.

Negro houses. Atlanta, Georgia. Farm Security Administartion 1930s pub...

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

The Night of January 16 - theatrical playbill, public domain image

The Night of January 16 - theatrical playbill, public domain image

Atlanta Federal Theatre (venue) A playbill (program or brochure that is distributed to theater patrons prior to or during a performance that contains information about the play, its cast, and crew, as well as ... More

"Cherished customer." Negro buying gas, near Atlanta, Georgia

"Cherished customer." Negro buying gas, near Atlanta, Georgia

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

White porter (bellhop), Henry Grady Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia

White porter (bellhop), Henry Grady Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia

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 several weeks at a time to sell mules to farmers

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

Public domain photograph of Georgia in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A group of men sitting on top of a field, possibly related to: Baseball game, Atlanta, Georgia

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

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 a man on a horse in a field, possibly related to: Eroded land, south Georgia, near Atlanta

A black and white photo of a man on a horse in a field, possibly relat...

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

 Danny Kaye talks to reporters as he arrives in Atlanta, GA during the 1966 UNICEF Trick-or-Treat tour

Danny Kaye talks to reporters as he arrives in Atlanta, GA during the...

The Library of Congress provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of the copyright owners... More

A couple of people standing next to a train. Office of War Information Photograph

A couple of people standing next to a train. Office of War Information...

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

Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia. Nursery children

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Office of War Information...

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

Blue Bird Truck Stop sign, Pryor Street, Atlanta, Georgia

Blue Bird Truck Stop sign, Pryor Street, Atlanta, Georgia

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Auto and transportation related signs and statues; Gas stations. Purchase; John Margolies 2007 (DLC/PP-2007:125)... More

Detail of the Swan House, a historic house museum in Atlanta, the capital city of the southern U.S. state of Georgia and the state's largest city

Detail of the Swan House, a historic house museum in Atlanta, the capi...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Swan House was built in 1928 for Edward and Emily Inmanon 28 acres in Buckhead, a northern Atlanta community. Noted architect Philip T... More

Model T Ford at the Swan House, a historic house museum in Atlanta, the capital city of the southern U.S. state of Georgia and the state's largest city

Model T Ford at the Swan House, a historic house museum in Atlanta, th...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Swan House was built in 1928 for Edward and Emily Inmanon 28 acres in Buckhead, a northern Atlanta community. Noted architect Philip T... More

Some of the Moorish-influenced design elements of the historic Fox Theatre in downtown Atlanta, Georgia

Some of the Moorish-influenced design elements of the historic Fox The...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Often marketed as the Fabulous Fox, the theater was planned as part of a large Shrine Temple as evidenced by its design. It is now a p... More

Living exhibit at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, the capital city of the southern U.S. state of Georgia and the state's largest city

Living exhibit at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, the capital city of...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The aquarium is the largest in the Western Hemisphere, housing more than 100,000 animals and representing several thousand species, al... More

Aerial photograph of downtown Atlanta, Georgia, taken in October 2017

Aerial photograph of downtown Atlanta, Georgia, taken in October 2017

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The golden-domed building roughly in the center of this image is the Georgia State Capitol. While the surrounding array of skyscrapers... More

A portion of Liberty Plaza, an open space created in 2015 as a focal point for rallies and other public gatherings across from the Georgia state capitol in Atlanta

A portion of Liberty Plaza, an open space created in 2015 as a focal p...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-5). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More

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