- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Alonzo F. Herndon
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1920
- Subject:
- Men--1920-1930
African Americans--1920-1930
Portraits--1920-1930
Clothing & dress--1920-1930
Eyeglasses - People:
- Herndon, Alonzo, b. 1858
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- A. F. Herndon, Founder
Portrait of Atlanta businessman Alonzo F. Herndon.
herndon; african american; atlanta life; portrait;
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 170.3674.001
ahc1703674001a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/2197
- 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:
-
