- Collection:
- Bill Wilson Photographs, 1938-1979, undated
- Title:
- Christmas Shopping, circa 1950
- Creator:
- Wilson, Bill (William Bryan), 1914-1993
- Date of Original:
- 1950
- Subject:
- Holidays--Georgia--Atlanta
Shopping--Georgia--Atlanta
Consumers--Georgia--Atlanta
Children--1940-1950
Children--Clothing and dress
Department stores--Georgia--Atlanta
Stores and shops--Georgia--Atlanta
Dolls
Rich's (Retail store) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of a little boy playing with a ventriloquist doll in Rich's Department Store during the Christmas holiday shopping season.
Rich's Department Store was founded in Atlanta, Georgia in 1867 by Morris Rich, a Hungarian-born immigrant. The business expanded over several decades, and eventually was located on the corner of Alabama and Broad Streets in downtown Atlanta. In the 1960s and 1970s the store opened in several other locations. In 1948 a seventy-foot live Christmas tree was first placed on the roof of Rich's downtown department store. Thereafter, the Lighting of the Great Tree became an Atlanta tradition. In 1960, several African American college students protested segregationist policies practiced by Rich's until the store agreed to desegregate its stores in 1961. Rich's department store was phased out in 2005. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 99.234.30
ahc099234030a.jpg - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/Wilson/id/718
- Additional Rights Information:
- 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:
- 35 mm black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Bill Wilson Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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