- Collection:
- Sally A. Parker Photographs, 1948-1949
- Title:
- Oakland Cemetery
- Publisher:
- Sally A. Parker Photographs, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, Ga.
- Date of Original:
- 1949
- Subject:
- Cemeteries--Georgia--Atlanta
Confederate cemeteries--Georgia--Atlanta
Sepulchral monuments--Georgia--Atlanta
Burial--Georgia--Atlanta
Dead
Mitchell family--Death and burial
Historic sites--Georgia--Atlanta
Trees--Georgia--Atlanta
Vases--Georgia--Atlanta
Obelisks--Georgia--Atlanta
Telephone lines--Georgia--Atlanta
Electric lines--Georgia--Atlanta
Overhead electric lines--Georgia--Atlanta
Public utilities--Georgia--Atlanta
Buildings--Georgia--Atlanta
Windows--Georgia--Atlanta
Dwellings--Georgia--Atlanta
Marble--Georgia--Atlanta
Stone--Georgia--Atlanta
Shrubs--Georgia--Atlanta
Soldiers' bodies, Disposition of--Georgia--Atlanta
Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949--Death and burial
Marsh, John R. (John Robert), 1895-1952--Death and burial
Authors, American--Georgia--Atlanta
Women authors, American--Georgia--Atlanta
Novelists, American--Georgia--Atlanta
Women novelists, American--Georgia--Atlanta
Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta, Ga.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Casualties - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of the Mitchell Family plot including author Margaret Mitchell in 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. - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/SAParker/id/4
- 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.
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center