- Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Stone Mountain Unveiling Ceremony
- Creator:
- Rogers, Kenneth, 1907-1989
- Publisher:
- Kenneth Rogers photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Date of Original:
- 1928-04-09
- Subject:
- Crowds
Carving--Georgia--Stone Mountain
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Stone Mountain, 33.80816, -84.1702
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of a child, Robert E. Lee IV, the great-grandson of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, and two unidentified men at a ceremony unveiling the carving of the general on the side of Stone Mountain in Stone Mountain, Georgia.
Stone Mountain is composed of granite and has a bas-relief sculpture of Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis 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. In 1958, the state of Georgia purchased the property surrounding Stone Mountain and converted it into a public park. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 82.136.16
ahc082136016a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/Rogers/id/2241
- Rights Holder:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 4 x 5 in. black and white glass plate negative
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
