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Dale Elliott Roberts photographs, 1954

Black-and-white photographs from 1954 of churches, schools, and businesses in towns near Atlanta, Georgia, including Alpharetta, Ben Hill, and Sandy Springs.

More About This Collection

Creator
Roberts, Dale Elliott

Publisher
Dale Roberts Elliott Photographs, VIS 118, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center.

Date of Original
1954

Subject
Alpharetta Baptist Tabernacle (Alpharetta, Ga.)
Alpharetta Methodist Church (Alpharetta, Ga.)
Ben Hill First Baptist Church (Ben Hill, Ga.)
Ben Hill Recreation Center (Ben Hill, Ga.)
Dairy Queen
Hammond School (Sandy Springs, Ga.)
Milton County Courthouse (Alpharetta, Ga.)
Milton High School (Alpharetta, Ga.)
Schools--Georgia--Ben Hill
Schools--Georgia--Alpharetta
Automobiles--Georgia
Buses--Georgia
Church buildings--Georgia--Ben Hill
Church buildings--Georgia--Alpharetta
Drug stores--Georgia--Ben Hill
Grocery stores--Georgia--Ben Hill
Service stations--Georgia--Alpharetta
Trucks--Georgia
Water towers--Georgia
Courthouses--Georgia--Alpharetta

Location
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Alpharetta, 34.07538, -84.29409
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Ben Hill, 33.69066, -84.51132
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Sandy Springs, 33.92427, -84.37854

Medium
black-and-white photographs
photographs
visual works

Description
This collection contains images of churches, schools, and businesses in towns near Atlanta, Georgia, including Alpharetta, Ben Hill, and Sandy Springs. Included are photographs of the business district in Alpharetta, the Baptist Tabernacle, and Milton High School. Images in Ben Hill include the business district, the First Baptist Church, and the Ben Hill Recreation Center. A photograph of the Hammond School in Sandy Springs is also included., The photographs in this collection were taken by Dale Elliott Roberts, the proprietor of Elliott's Peachtree Studio from approximately 1954-1975. He entered these images in a photograph contest sponsored by the Atlanta Historical Society in 1954. The former proprietor of Elliott's Peachtree Studio was Chester Elliott who started the company in 1928. Additional biographical information about Dale Elliot Roberts has not been determined.

Metadata URL
http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/landingpage/collection/ERoberts

Rights Holder
This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U. S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.

Holding Institution
Atlanta History Center