- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Piedmont Park Train Ride
- Creator:
- Singleton, Joseph
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1950-08
- Subject:
- Parks--Georgia--Atlanta
Children--1940-1950
Conductors
Railroad cars--1940-1950
Amusement rides--Georgia--Atlanta - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Midtown, 33.7811275, -84.38636
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Piedmont Park, 33.78649, -84.37382 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of unidentified children on a miniature train ride in Piedmont Park in northeast Atlanta, Georgia (now the Midtown area of the city).
The Gentleman's Driving Club (now the Piedmont Driving Club) purchased 189 acres of land in 1887 for the purposes of creating an exclusive club. On this ground, Piedmont Park was established by the Piedmont Exposition Company, to hold expositions and fairs. These fairs would include the Piedmont Exposition of 1887 and the Cotton States and International Exposition of 1895. In 1904, the City of Atlanta purchased Piedmont Park. The park is currently run through a public-private partnership. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 170.2468.001
ahc1702468001.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/776
- 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:
- 11 x 14 in.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
