- Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Ground Breaking Ceremony for Atlanta Stadium
- Date of Original:
- 1965
- 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
Business people--Georgia--Atlanta
Montgomery, Arthur
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (Atlanta, Ga.)
Coca-Cola Bottling Company (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 (from left to right) Coca-Cola Bottling Company president Arthur Montgomery and Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. sharing a hot dog and Coke at the ground breaking ceremony for the Atlanta Stadium (later known as Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium) in Atlanta, Georgia.
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.
This work is filed as an image collected by Kenneth Rogers, the photographer is unknown. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 82.510.04
ahc082510004a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/Rogers/id/1375
- 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:
-
