- Collection:
- Cotten Alston Photographs, 1972-1998, undated
- Title:
- Stone Mountain, Georgia
- Creator:
- Alston, Cotten (Robert Cotten), 1945-
- Date of Original:
- 1990
- Subject:
- Mountains--Georgia--Stone Mountain
Lakes & ponds--Georgia--Stone Mountain
Buildings--Georgia--Stone Mountain - Location:
- United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Stone Mountain, 33.80816, -84.1702
United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Stone Mountain State Memorial Park, 33.80705, -84.14436 - Medium:
- color transparencies
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View looking northeast from Stone Mountain Memorial State Park towards Stone Mountain Lake in Stone Mountain, Georgia.
Stone Mountain is composed of granite and has a bas-relief sculpture of Confederate generals Stonewall Jackson (1824-1863), and Robert E. Lee (1807-1870), and President Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) carved into its face. The carving was conceived by Helen Plane in 1909, and carved by several artists whose work was subsequently removed from the mountain. In 1964, artist Walker Hancock took up the carving which was eventually completed by Roy Faulkner in 1970. Beginning in 1915, the Ku Klux Klan was revitalized and held rallies at the top of the mountain. In 1958, the state of Georgia purchased the property surrounding Stone Mountain and converted it into a public park. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 247.027.007
ahc0247027007 - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/p17222coll2/id/1107
- Extent:
- 35 mm
- Original Collection:
- Cotten Alston photographs, Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, Georgia
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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