- Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Techwood Homes Public Housing Project, circa 1930
- Creator:
- Rogers, Kenneth, 1907-1989
- Date of Original:
- 1930
- Subject:
- Housing--Georgia--Atlanta
Atlanta Housing Authority
New Deal, 1933-1939--Georgia--Atlanta
Techwood Homes (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of an unidentified woman standing on the back porch of a house in the "Techwood Flats" area of Atlanta, Georgia, where Techwood Homes public housing development would be constructed.
Techwood Homes was a public housing development located in downtown Atlanta, near the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology. It was the first public housing project in the United States. Completed in 1936, it was initially segregated for white families. Techwood Homes was eventually demolished in 1996. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 82.208.01
ahc082208001a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/Rogers/id/1389
- Extent:
- 4 x 5 in. black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- VIS 82.208.01, Kenneth Rogers Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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