- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- South Broad Street
- Creator:
- Lane Brothers
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1925
- Subject:
- Street railroads--1920-1930
People--Georgia--Atlanta
Stores and shops--Georgia--Atlanta
Streets--Georgia--Atlanta
Police--Georgia--Atlanta
Automobiles--1920-1930
Advertising--Georgia--Atlanta
African Americans--1920-1930
Rich’s (Retail store) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Broad Street
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Mitchell Street, 33.753881, -84.403468 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Broad St. at Mitchell looking North, 1925
View of South Broad Street looking north from Mitchell Street with Rich's Department Store in the background in Atlanta, Georgia.
cars; cops; clothes; hats; trolley; commercial; Watson's; Empire Clothing Company; Daniel Street; traffic
Rich's Department Store was founded in Atlanta, Georgia in 1867 by Morris Rich, a Hungarian-born immigrant. The business expanded over several decades, and eventually was located on the corner of Alabama and Broad Streets in downtown Atlanta. In the 1960s and 1970s the store opened in several other locations. In 1948 a seventy-foot live Christmas tree was first placed on the roof of Rich's downtown department store. Thereafter, the Lighting of the Great Tree became an Atlanta tradition. In 1960, several African American college students protested segregationist policies practiced by Rich's until the store agreed to desegregate its stores in 1961. Rich’s department store was phased out in 2005. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 170.447.001
ahc170447001a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/1062
- 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.
- Additional Rights Information:
- 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:
- 8 x 10 in.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
