- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Election Night
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1973-10-02
- Subject:
- Politics and government--Georgia--Atlanta
Political elections--Georgia--Atlanta
African Americans--1970-1980
Podiums--Georgia--Atlanta
Microphone
Celebrations--Georgia--Atlanta
Eaves, Reginald
Atlanta Biltmore Hotel and Biltmore Apartments (Atlanta, Ga.)
Sheraton-Biltmore Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Midtown, 33.7811275, -84.38636 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of Reginald Eaves (foreground), a political advisor to Maynard Jackson, at the Sheraton-Biltmore Hotel in the Midtown area of Atlanta, Georgia, on the night Maynard Jackson was elected mayor of Atlanta.
A. Reginald Eaves served as one of Maynard Jackson's closest political advisors during his campaign for Atlanta mayor in 1973. In 1974, Mayor Jackson appointed Eaves the Commissioner of Public Safety for the City of Atlanta. Eaves resigned the position in 1978 amid a cheating scandal regarding police promotion examinations. Within six months, Eaves was elected to the Fulton County Commission. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 101.378.006
ahc101378006.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/1058
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:1058/manifest.json
- Rights Holder:
- 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:
- 35 mm black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
