- Collection:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs
- Title:
- Heavily retouched print of the ruined Georgia Railway and Banking Company building, Atlanta, Georgia, 1865
- Creator:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Contributor to Resource:
- Kuhns, William A., 1827-1905
- Date of Original:
- 1865
- Subject:
- Buildings
American Civil War (1861-1865)
Buildings--War damage
Georgia Railway and Banking Company (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, 33.79025, -84.46702
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- photographic prints
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Newspaper caption attached to print verso: "How Sherman Left Atlanta: The ruined building in the foreground, smashed by Federal shells, is the Georgia Railway and Banking Company. Together with the adjacent building it occupied the present site of the Peters Building. The covered wagon, part of the Federal baggage train, is about where the Five Pionts flagpole is now. The railroad in the foreground is spanned by the Whitehall Street viaduct. This picture was made in 1865." Front of print is inscribed "Kuhns Photo." The photographer was probably either a "William A." or "William T." Kuhns. The photographer buried in Oakland Cemetary in Atlanta is William A. Kuhns (1827-1905).
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ajc/id/538
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/ajc:538/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: AJCP552-044c, 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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