- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Davidson's Store
- Creator:
- Orr, Edgar, 1892-1968
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1943
- Subject:
- Automobiles--1940-1950
Street railroads--1940-1950
Buildings--Atlanta--Georgia
Facades--Georgia--Atlanta
Flags--United States
Streets--Georgia--Atlanta
Stores and shops--Georgia--Atlanta
Storefronts
Davison's (Retail Store) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Ellis Street
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Peachtree Street, 33.798452, -84.3910732 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of the entrances of Davison's department store taken from the corner Peachtree Street and Ellis Street in Atlanta, Georgia.
awnings, pedestrians, brick, arches, retail, commercial, shopping, store, Davison-Paxon-Stokes Company, Roxy Theater, Sterret and Van Vleek, Hentz, Reed, Adler, Atlanta Athletic Club
Davison's Store opened in 1891 and was the major competition to Rich's Department Store. Davison’s sold out to R.H. Macy and Company in 1925. By 1927, R.H. Macy built the huge Peachtree Street store that still stands today but is no longer a department store. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 170.1745.001
ahc1701745001a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/1194
- 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:
-
