- Collection:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs
- Title:
- Old Capital, on Marietta Street, Atlanta, Georgia, before 1889?
- Creator:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Contributor to Resource:
- Kuhns, William A., 1827-1905
- Date of Original:
- 1889
- Subject:
- Capitols
Theaters
Georgia State Capitol (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, 33.79025, -84.46702
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Forsyth Street
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Marietta Street, 33.760312, -84.395055 - Medium:
- photographic prints
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Print verso inscribed:"The old Capitol on Marietta Street, where the bier of Alexander Stephens lay in state." Print marked "Kuhns. Photo" on recto. Stephens died in 1883. "In 1870, the state of Georgia purchased the recently completed Atlanta Opera House at the corner of Marietta and Forsyth Streets in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, to house the state capitol. Atlanta had been designated the temporary state capital in 1868 and became the permanent capital in 1877. The state legislature continued to meet in the building until 1889, when the current Georgia State Capitol building was completed. " -- Atlanta History Center. Date of the heavily retouched and edited print is uncertain.
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ajc/id/1004
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/ajc:1004/manifest.json
- Additional Rights Information:
- This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: AJCP553-015a, Atlanta Journal Constitution Photographic Archives. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic Archive
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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