- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Ponce de Leon Springs
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1895
- Subject:
- Lakes and ponds--Georgia--Fulton County
Springs--Georgia--Fulton County
Boys--1890-1900
Children--1890-1900
Clothing & dress--1890-1900
Recreation--Georgia--Fulton County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, 33.79025, -84.46702
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of a lake at Ponce de Leon Springs, in Fulton County, Georgia, northeast of downtown Atlanta (later annexed into the City of Atlanta), with two unidentified boys in the foreground.
fishing
In 1868, railroad workers building the Air Line Railroad in an area northeast of downtown Atlanta, Georgia, discovered two springs. Legend spread that the water from the springs cured a variety of illnesses and Atlantans soon began making pilgrimages to the site. The area quickly became Atlanta's first suburban resort with the addition of an artificial lake, dance hall, theater, picnic ground, and amusement rides. In the mid-1920s, Sears, Roebuck and Company built a massive Merchandise/Mail Order Catalog Center on the site of the Ponce de Leon Springs. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 170.369.001
ahc170369001.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/179
- 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:
-
