- Collection:
- Atlanta Housing Authority Photographs, 1940-1942
- Title:
- Herndon Homes area
- Publisher:
- Atlanta Housing Authority Photographs, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, GA
- Date of Original:
- 1940
- Subject:
- Dwellings--Georgia--Atlanta
Poverty--Georgia--Atlanta
Housing--Georgia--Atlanta
Atlanta Housing Authority
African Americans--Housing--Georgia--Atlanta
Slums--Georgia--Atlanta
Streets--Georgia--Atlanta
Electric lines--Poles and towers
Automobiles--Georgia--Atlanta
African American women--Georgia--Atlanta
Alonzo Herndon Homes (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- gelatin silver prints
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of homes along Western Avenue in the area where Alonzo Herndon Homes housing project would be built.
street scenes; social conditions; substandard housing; public housing
The Alonzo Herndon Homes was a public housing development built in 1941 to accommodate low income African American families. It is located in downtown Atlanta, Georgia near the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology. - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/AHA/id/32
- 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.
- Extent:
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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