- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Municipal Market Ceremonial Opening, circa 1974
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1974
- Subject:
- African Americans--1970-1980
Politicians--Georgia--Atlanta
Politics and government--Georgia--Atlanta
Suits (Clothing)--1970-1980
Markets--Georgia--Atlanta
Interiors--Georgia--Atlanta
Doors and doorways--Georgia--Atlanta
Women--1970-1980
Signs (Notices)--Georgia--Atlanta
Children--1970-1980
Consumers--Georgia--Atlanta
Municipal Market (Atlanta, Ga.) - People:
- Jackson, Maynard, 1938-2003
- 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 Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson (center) entering the Municipal Market and being greeted by patrons during the ceremonial opening of the facility on Edgewood Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia, after a major cleanup and repair effort.
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 101.491.005
ahc101491005.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/1977
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:1977/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:
-
