- Collection:
- Kathleen Moon Photographs
- Title:
- Hapeville
- Creator:
- Moon, Kathleen
- Publisher:
- Kathleen Moon Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Date of Original:
- 1954
- Subject:
- Children--1950-1960
Orphans--Georgia--Hapeville - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Hapeville, 33.66011, -84.4102
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of the front gate to the Georgia Baptist Children's Home in Hapeville, Georgia.
In 1888 a charter was established to found the Georgia Baptist Asylum for Orphaned Children, its first campus opened in Hapeville, Georgia. In the 1940's the name was changed to the Georgia Baptist Children's Home and the organization was expanded to three campuses including Baxley, Georgia, and Pine Mountain, Georgia. In 1968 the Hapeville location was moved to Palmetto, Georgia. The organization currently has many locations all over Georgia as well as several community outreach programs. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 129.10.06
ahc129010006a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/Moon/id/1
- 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 agreement may be required.
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Extent:
- 8 x 10 in. silver gelatin print
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
