- 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
Women--1970-1980
Signs (Notices)--Georgia--Atlanta
Children--1970-1980
Consumers--Georgia--Atlanta
Municipal officials and employees--Georgia--Atlanta
Lomax, Michael, 1947-
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 Michael Lomax (left), the director of the City of Atlanta Bureau of Cultural and International Affairs, and Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson (third from right) surrounded by shoppers at the Municipal Market 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 101.491.006
ahc101491006.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/1978
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:1978/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:
-
