- Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Oakland Cemetery
- Creator:
- Rogers, Kenneth, 1907-1989
- Date of Original:
- 1963-03-13
- Subject:
- Cemeteries--Georgia--Atlanta
Graves--Georgia--Atlanta
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of the Confederate Obelisk marking the entrance to the Confederate Memorial grounds at Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta, Georgia.
In 1850 the City of Atlanta purchased six acres of farmland for use as a public burial ground. In 1872 the burial grounds were named Oakland Cemetery, and had grown to encompass 88 acres. Most of this growth was to accommodate for the increased deaths during the Civil War as soldiers were moved from battle field graves. The cemetery is now run by the Historic Oakland Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the site as a historic landmark. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 82.199.05
ahc082199005a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/Rogers/id/937
- Extent:
- 4 x 5 in. black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
