- Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Ground Breaking Ceremony for Atlanta Stadium
- Date of Original:
- 1964
- Subject:
- Ground breaking ceremonies--Georgia--Atlanta
Building dedications--Georgia--Atlanta
Dedications--Georgia--Atlanta
Sports
Sports and recreation facilities--Georgia--Atlanta
Baseball--Georgia--Atlanta
Mayors--Georgia--Atlanta
Tractors--1960-1970
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (Atlanta, Ga.)
Atlanta Stadium (Atlanta, Ga.) - People:
- Allen, Ivan, 1911-2003
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of Atlanta Mayor William Hartsfield (second from right) posing in front of a tractor with unidentified men at the ground breaking ceremony for Atlanta Stadium (later known as Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium) in Atlanta, Georgia.
This work is filed as an image collected by Kenneth Rogers, the photographer is unknown. Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium was built in 1965 and was the home of the National League Atlanta Braves baseball team from 1966-1996, and the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League from 1966-1991. Until it was demolished in 1997, the facility was located near downtown Atlanta, and was known as Atlanta Stadium until 1975. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 82.510.09
ahc082510009a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/Rogers/id/1321
- Extent:
- 2 1/4 in. or smaller black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
