- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Municipal Market Ceremonial Opening, circa 1974
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1974
- Subject:
- Politicians--Georgia
Politics and government--Georgia
Markets--Georgia--Atlanta
African Americans--1970-1980
Food
Interiors--Georgia--Atlanta
Signs (Notices)--Georgia--Atlanta
Consumers--Georgia--Atlanta
Massell, Sam, 1927-
Shepherd, E. J.
Municipal Market (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Atlanta, Edgewood Avenue, 33.754318, -84.372158
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of former Atlanta Mayor Sam Massell (third from right) and Georgia State Representative E. J. Shepherd (second from left) at the ceremonial opening of the Municipal Market following a major cleanup and repair campaign of the facility, on Edgewood Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia.
Municipal Market was established in 1918 on land cleared by the previous year's fire. The original market was held in a large tent, and a permanent structure was built in 1924. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 101.491.001
ahc101491001.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/1975
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:1975/manifest.json
- Extent:
- 35 mm black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- MSS 602, Boyd Lewis Papers, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
