- Collection:
- Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Visual Arts Materials
- Title:
- Grant Park Zoo/Fort Walker
- Date of Original:
- 1970
- Subject:
- Parks--Georgia--Atlanta
Cannons--Georgia--Atlanta
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Fort Walker (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Grant Park, 33.73677, -84.37187
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of a cannon at the site of Fort Walker in Grant Park near downtown Atlanta, Georgia.
Grant Park is the name of the oldest park in the city of Atlanta and for the surrounding neighborhood. The park was established in 1882 when engineer and businessman Lemuel P. Grant donated 100 acres of his land to the city of Atlanta. The city acquired an additional 44 acres in 1890. In 1889, the park became the site of a public zoo, and in 1892 the circular painting of the Battle of Atlanta was exhibited there. The painting known as the Atlanta Cyclorama would eventually gain its own dedicated building in the park in 1921. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 167.53.08
ahc167053008a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/Atlcc/id/38
- 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:
- 2 1/4 in. or smaller color transparency
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
