- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Arrival of the Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railroad
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1908-06-19
- Subject:
- Railroad cars--1900-1910
Railroad companies--Georgia--Atlanta
Railroad locomotives--1900-1910
Railroad passenger cars--1900-1910
Railroad tracks--Georgia--Atlanta
Business people--Georgia--Atlanta
Men--1900-1910
Suits (Clothing)--1900-1910
Hats--1900-1910
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railroad Company - People:
- Candler, Asa Griggs, 1851-1929
Maddox, Robert Foster, 1870-1965
Atkinson, Henry M. - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic (A. B. & A.) Railroad officials and members of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce celebrating the completion of Atlanta's last railroad with the arrivial of the A. B. & A.'s first train in Atlanta, Georgia, with businessman Asa G. Candler (center, in cutaway and felt hat), the railroad's president H. M. Atkinson (standing to Candler's left), and forthcoming mayor of Atlanta Robert F. Maddox (second from Candler's right, standing astride the left rail).
- Local Identifier:
- VIS 170.1841.001
ahc1701841001.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/687
- 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:
- 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
