- Collection:
- Central Atlanta Progress, Inc., 1960-1981, undated
- Title:
- Rich's Department Store
- Publisher:
- Central Atlanta Progress, Inc. Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Date of Original:
- 1969-11
- Subject:
- Department stores--Georgia--Atlanta
Stores and shops--Georgia--Atlanta
People--Georgia--Atlanta
Women--1960-1970
Clothing and dress--1960-1970
Men--1960-1970
Rich's (Retail store) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Atlanta, Broad Street, 33.896647, -84.299475
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of Rich's department store on Broad Street in downtown Atlanta, Georgia.
Rich's Department Store was founded in Atlanta, Georgia in 1867 by Morris Rich, a Hungarian-born immigrant. The business expanded over several decades, and eventually was located on the corner of Alabama and Broad Streets in downtown Atlanta. In the 1960's and 1970's the store opened in several other locations. In 1948 a seventy-foot live Christmas tree was first placed on the roof of Rich's downtown department store. Thereafter, the Lighting of the Great Tree became an Atlanta tradition. In 1960, several African American college students protested segregationist policies practiced by Rich's until the store agreed to desegregate its stores in 1961. Rich's department store was phased out in 2005. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 139.147.15
ahc139147015a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/caprogress/id/209
- 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.
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Extent:
- 35 mm color transparency
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
