- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Birth Home, circa
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1974
- Subject:
- Historic buildings--Georgia--Atlanta
Houses--Georgia--Atlanta
Historic preservation--Georgia--Atlanta
Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Homes and haunts--Georgia--Atlanta
Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Auburn Avenue, 33.755509, -84.376596 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of the birth home of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at 501 Auburn Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia, during the early restoration efforts by the National Park Service.
In 1929, Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in the two-story, Queen Anne style house at 501 Auburn Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia. King lived there with his family until 1941. Restoration of the King birth home began in 1974 as part of the National Park Service's plan to establish and administer the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site, which includes the birth home, ebenezzer Baptist Church, and the civil rights leader's gravesite. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 101.698.001
ahc101698001.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/2303
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:2303/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:
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