- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- MARTA Bus, circa 1975
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1975
- Subject:
- African Americans--1970-1980
Women--1970-1980
Transportation--Georgia--Atlanta
Clothing and dress--1970-1980
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of unidentified females, perhaps employees of Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), standing in front of a bus in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) is the principle rapid transit system for the city of Atlanta, and outlying counties. MARTA was established in 1965 by an act of the Georgia General Assembly. In 1972 MARTA purchased the Atlanta Transit System and took control of the area's bus transportation. Construction began on a rapid rail system in 1975 with the first rail service commencing in 1979. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 101.889.082
ahc101889082a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/41
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:41/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:
-
