- Collection:
- Floyd Jillson Photograph Collection, 1957-1992 and n.d., (bulk 1965-1975)
- Title:
- Rich's Department Store, circa 1960
- Creator:
- Jillson, Floyd, 1926-2011
- Date of Original:
- 1960
- Subject:
- Stores and shops--Georgia--Atlanta
Business districts--Georgia--Atlanta
Automobiles--1950-1960
Holidays--Georgia--Atlanta
Christmas trees--Georgia--Atlanta
Christmas decorations
Department stores--Georgia--Atlanta
Rich's (Retail store) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of the Rich's Christmas tree atop the "crystal bridge" over Forsyth Street in 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 71.63.04
ahc071063004a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/Jilson/id/302
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/Jilson:302/manifest.json
- Extent:
- 4 x 5 in. black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Floyd Jillson Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
