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- Collection:
- Lester Maddox Photographs, 1934-2000, undated
- Title:
- Maddox, Lester
- Date of Original:
- 1973
- Subject:
- Government officials--Georgia
Governors--Georgia
People with disabilities--Georgia--Atlanta
Law enforcement officers--Georgia--Atlanta
Men--1970-1980
Clothing and dress--1970-1980 - People:
- Maddox, Lester, 1915-2003
Carter, Jimmy, 1924- - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of Lieutenant Governor Lester Maddox (far right) and Governor Jimmy Carter (second from left) with two unidentified men in an office in Atlanta, Georgia.
Lester Maddox was a politician and businessman from Atlanta. He served as Governor of Georgia from 1967-1971, and as Lieutenant Governor from 1971-1975. He ran unsuccessfully in two Atlanta mayoral races in 1957 and 1961. Maddox was the owner of the Pickrick Cafeteria, and gained national notoriety and recognition when he refused to integrate the restaurant. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 105.02.03
ahc105002003a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/Maddox/id/2
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/Maddox:2/manifest.json
- Extent:
- 8 x 10 in. color print
- Original Collection:
- Lester Maddox Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights: