- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Municipal Market Ceremonial Opening, circa 1974
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1974
- Subject:
- African Americans--1970-1980
Suits (Clothing)--1970-1980
Markets--Georgia--Atlanta
Interiors--Georgia--Atlanta
Politicians--Georgia
Politics and government--Georgia
Massell, Sam, 1927-
Shepherd, E. J.
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 (left to right) former Atlanta Mayor Sam Massell, Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson, and Georgia State Representative E. J. Shepherd 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 101.491.011
ahc101491011.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/1979
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:1979/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:
-
