- Collection:
- Floyd Jillson Photograph Collection, 1957-1992 and n.d., (bulk 1965-1975)
- Title:
- Oakland cemetery
- Creator:
- Jillson, Floyd, 1926-2011
- Date of Original:
- 1957/1992
- Subject:
- Cemeteries--Georgia--Atlanta
Monuments and memorials--Georgia--Atlanta
Tombs and sepulchral monuments--Georgia--Atlanta
Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of Oakland Cemetary in Atlanta, Georgia.
In 1850 the City of Atlanta purchased six acres of farmland for use as a public burial ground. In 1872 the burial grounds were named Oakland Cemetery, and had grown to encompass 88 acres. Most of this growth was to accommodate for the increased deaths during the Civil War as soldiers were moved from battle field graves. The cemetery is now run by the Historic Oakland Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the site as a historic landmark. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 71.451.08
ahc071451008a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/Jilson/id/2246
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/Jilson:2246/manifest.json
- Original Collection:
- Floyd Jillson Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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