- Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Lakewood Fairgrounds, circa 1940
- Date of Original:
- 1940
- Subject:
- Fairs--Georgia--Atlanta
Exhibitions--Georgia--Atlanta
Events--Georgia--Atlanta
Automobile racing--Georgia--Atlanta
Automobiles--1940-1950
Vehicles--Georgia--Atlanta
Racing--Georgia--Atlanta
Racetracks--Georgia--Atlanta
Sports--Georgia--Atlanta
Lakewood Fairgrounds (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Lakewood Park, 33.70372, -84.39243 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of an automobile race at the Lakewood Fairgrounds track in Atlanta, Georgia.
The resort area that would come to be known as Lakewood Park opened in 1893. In 1915 it began hosting the Southeastern Fair and in 1938, Lakewood Speedway was built on the property. The Southeastern Fair was discontinued in 1975, and Lakewood Speedway ceased stock car racing in 1979. In the 1980s it became home to a motion picture complex, an antique flea market, and an amphitheater.
This work is filed as an image collected by Kenneth Rogers, the photographer is unknown. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 82.584.01
ahc082584001a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/Rogers/id/1940
- Extent:
- 4 x 5 in. black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
