- Collection:
- Joseph C. Fisch Photographs, 1954, 1963
- Title:
- Rich's Department Store
- Creator:
- Fisch, Joseph C., 1907-1966
- Publisher:
- Joseph C. Fisch Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Date of Original:
- 1954
- Subject:
- Department stores--Georgia--Atlanta
Business enterprises--Georgia--Atlanta
Automobiles--1950-1960
Rich's (Retail store)
Friedman Jewelers (Atlanta, Ga.) - 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 (center) from 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 1960s and 1970s 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 172.107.002
ahc172107002a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/JCF/id/101
- 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 agreements 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
