- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Herndon's Barber Shop
- Creator:
- unknown
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1903
- Subject:
- African Americans--1900-1910
Barbershops--Georgia--Atlanta
Chairs
Hairdressing
Interiors--Georgia--Atlanta - People:
- Herndon, Alonzo, b. 1858
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Peachtree Street, 33.798452, -84.3910732 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- A. F. Herndon's Tonsorial Palace
View of the interior of A. F. Herndon's Barber Shop in Atlanta, Georgia
Barber, hair, whites only, slave-born, Social Circle, Crystal Palace
Alonzo Franklin Herndon was born a slave in Social Circle, Georgia, on June 26, 1858. He moved to Atlanta in 1882 and he eventually became the city's premier barber, serving only white patrons as required by Jim Crow custom and law. He become the largest African American property owner in Atlanta by 1900 and would later found the Atlanta Life Insurance Company becoming Atlanta’s first African American millionaire. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 170.665.001
ahc170665001a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/1190
- 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:
- 3 1/4 x 4 in.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
