- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- William B. Hartsfield
- Publisher:
- William Berry Hartsfield papers, Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University.
- Date of Original:
- 1890/1971
- Subject:
- Mayors--Georgia--Atlanta
Lawyers--Georgia--Atlanta
Politicians--Georgia--Atlanta
City council members--Georgia--Atlanta
Men--Georgia--Atlanta
Legislators--Georgia
Microphone
Aerial photographs
William B. Hartsfield-Atlanta International Airport
Hartsfield, William Berry - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- As mayor, Hartsfield guided Atlanta through World War II with a policy of fiscal restraint. He also led the city through the racial unrest of the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s, overseeing the peaceful integration of the city's bus system in 1957 and schools in 1961.
Photograph of William B. Hartsfield. He stands at a podium and speaks into a microphone. An aerial photograph of the Atlanta, Georgia airport hangs behind him. Hartsfield served as mayor of Atlanta, Georgia for six terms (1937-41, 1942-61), longer than any other person in the city's history. Before his tenure as mayor, he was elected to the Atlanta City Council in 1922. As an alderman, he helped establish Atlanta's first airport, advancing the goal of the city to become the aviation hub of the Southeast. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/william-b-hartsfield-1890-1971/m-655/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University
Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/william-b-hartsfield-1890-1971
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia
William Berry Hartsfield Papers - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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