United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798Jillson, Floyd, 1926-20111925View of Rich's Department Store on the corner of Alabama and Forsyth Street in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, which at one time housed the offices of the Atlanta Constitution.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.image/jpegVIS 71.63.01ahc071063001a.jpghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Floyd Jillson Photographs, Atlanta History CenterStores and shops--Georgia--AtlantaBusiness districts--Georgia--AtlantaAutomobiles--1920-1930Department stores--Georgia--AtlantaRich's (Retail store)Rich's Department Store, circa 1925StillImage