- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Cator Woolford
- Date of Original:
- 1869/-1944
- Subject:
- Businessmen--Georgia--Atlanta
Bankers--Georgia--Atlanta
Credit bureaus--Georgia--Atlanta
Retail Credit Company
Businesspeople--Georgia--Atlanta
Equifax, Inc. - People:
- Woolford, Cator, 1869-1944
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- With his brother Guy, Cator Woolford started the Retail Credit Company, the precursor to Equifax. In the late 1920s Woolford befriended Franklin D. Roosevelt and was one of the founders of the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute. Woolford's former estate in Druid Hills is now the site of the Frazer Center and the Cator Woolford Gardens.
Photograph of Cator Woolford, who, with his brother Guy, started the Retail Credit Company, the precursor to Equifax, in Atlanta, Georgia. In the late 1920s Woolford befriended Franklin D. Roosevelt and was one of the founders of the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute. Woolford's former estate in the Druid Hills neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia is now the site of the Frazer Center and the Cator Woolford Gardens.
One of the country's largest credit-reporting agencies, Equifax is one of Georgia's most profitable companies. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/equifax/m-10198/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Equifax
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/equifax
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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