- 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:
- Confederate cemeteries--Georgia--Atlanta
Cemeteries--Georgia--Atlanta
Sepulchral monuments--Georgia--Atlanta
Burial--Georgia--Atlanta
Dead
Historic sites--Georgia--Atlanta
Confederate States of America--History
War casualties--Georgia--Atlanta
Battle casualties--Georgia--Atlanta
War memorials--Georgia--Atlanta
Memorials--Georgia--Atlanta
Soldiers' monuments--Georgia--Atlanta
Soldiers' monuments--Southern States
Trees--Georgia--Atlanta
Granite--Georgia--Atlanta
Flagpoles--Georgia--Atlanta
Obelisks--Georgia--Atlanta
Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta, Ga.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Casualties
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Unknown military personnel
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Confederate
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Monuments
Soldiers' bodies, Disposition of--Georgia--Atlanta
Roads, Earth--Georgia--Atlanta
Architecture, Romanesque--Georgia--Atlanta - 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 a monument to the confederate dead located 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/5
- 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