- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Dairy Queen Break In
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1974-09-21
- Subject:
- Restaurants--Georgia--Atlanta
Crimes--Georgia--Atlanta
Desks
Filing cabinets
Offices--Georgia--Atlanta
Interiors--Georgia--Atlanta
International Dairy Queen, Inc. - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Atlanta, Ashby Street, 33.767098, -84.417442
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of the aftermath of a break in at the Dairy Queen restaurant owned by civil rights activist and entrepreneur Hank Thomas (not pictured), on Ashby Street in Atlanta, Georgia.
Henry "Hank" James Thomas is a civil rights activist and businessman. In 1961, Thomas was one of the original Freedom Riders who rode interstate buses across the South to protest segregated facilities at bus terminals along the way. He was also one of the founders of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Thomas is currently President of Victoria Hospitality Properties Inc., which owns and operates Marriott Hotel franchises. Thomas also owns several fast food franchises. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 101.366.003
ahc101366003.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/974
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:974/manifest.json
- Rights Holder:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U. S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 35 mm black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
