- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Candler Field
- Creator:
- unknown
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1936
- Subject:
- Air traffic control--Georgia--Atlanta
Aircraft--Georgia--Atlanta
Airplanes--1930-1940
Airports--Georgia--Atlanta
Airport terminals--Georgia--Atlanta
Crowds--Georgia--Atlanta
People--Georgia--Atlanta
Candler Field (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- An air-minded throng gathers at Candler Field (last picture), where 31,604 passengers registered for arrival or departure in 1936
View of crowd at the Candler Field passenger terminal, now the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, showing the control tower on the right in Atlanta, Georgia.
people, groups, air travel, airport, spectator, stands
Candler field was a racetrack owned by Asa Griggs Candler. The field was built in 1909 but was abandoned by 1923. Alderman William Hartsfield (later Atlanta Mayor William Hartsfield) proposed that the field should be used as an airport for the city, and in 1925 the field is leased to the city for this purpose. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 170.1739.001
ahc1701739001a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/1244
- 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:
- 6 x 9 in.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
