- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Municipal Market Ceremonial Opening, circa 1974
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1974
- Subject:
- Markets--Georgia--Atlanta
Food
Women--1970-1980
African Americans--1970-1980
Balloons (Novelties)--Georgia--Atlanta
Hats
Interiors--Georgia--Atlanta
Sales personnel
Signs (Notices)--Georgia--Atlanta
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 two unidentified women selling produce 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 101.491.003
ahc101491003.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/1976
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:1976/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:
-
