Medium
aerial photographs
black-and-white photographs
photographs
visual works

Creator
Adams-Cates Company (Atlanta, Ga.)

Date of Original
1956/1973

Subject
Central business districts--Georgia--Atlanta
Photography--Georgia--Atlanta
Transportation--Georgia--Atlanta
DeKalb County (Ga.)--Aerial views
Fulton County (Ga.)--Aerial views
Atlanta (Ga.)--Aerial views

Location
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.7489954, -84.3879824
United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Avondale Estates, 33.771494, -84.2671444
United States, Georgia, Belvedere Park, 33.754828, -84.267422
United States, Georgia, Atlanta, Buckhead, 33.837266, -84.406761
United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Chamblee, 33.8920469, -84.2988126
United States, Georgia, Clayton County, 33.5419008, -84.3576542
United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Decatur, 33.7748275, -84.2963123
United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Doraville, 33.8981579, -84.2832564
United States, Georgia, Douglas County, 33.7018284, -84.7679728
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, East Point, 33.6795531, -84.4393724
United States, Georgia, Forest Park, 33.622054, -84.369092
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, 33.7902836, -84.466986
United States, Georgia, Gwinnett County, 33.9617291, -84.0236241
United States, Georgia, Hall County, 34.316889, -83.8196811
United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Lithonia, 33.7123305, -84.1051939
United States, Georgia, Cobb County, Mableton, 33.8187167, -84.5824329
United States, Georgia, Cobb County, Marietta, 33.952602, -84.5499327
United States, Georgia, Newton County, 33.555049, -83.8501866
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Sandy Springs, 33.9242688, -84.3785379
United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Tucker, 33.8545479, -84.2171424
United States, Georgia, Cobb County, Vinings, 33.8648262, -84.4643744

Type
StillImage

Description
This collection contains aerial photographs produced to assist Adams-Cates Company in the development of commercial real estate in the metropolitan Atlanta area. The photographs document the construction of the interstate system around the cities of Atlanta and Decatur and the growth of the skyline of downtown Atlanta., Adams-Cates Company is a real estate firm located in Atlanta, Georgia. The company was founded in 1905 as B. M. Grant-A.S. Adams Company. Alvin Bingham Cates joined with the company's founders as a silent partner in 1915, and in 1927 the company was incorporated as Adams-Cates Company. The company had its headquarters in the Hurt Building until 1978 when it relocated to Peachtree Center South. Adams-Cates was absorbed by the San Francisco based Grubb & Ellis, and changed its name to Grubb & Ellis Atlanta in 1991. Grubb & Ellis currently have offices in Buckhead and Marietta, Georgia. The company has been involved in commercial developments in the city of Atlanta, including Peachtree Center, Davison's Department Store, the Equitable Building, and dozens of office parks and shopping malls throughout the metropolitan region. Many of the photographs were taken by Parsifal Cobb.

Original Collection
Adams-Cates Company Photographs, VIS 144, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center.

Rights