- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- William B. Hartsfield, 1913
- Publisher:
- William Berry Hartsfield papers, Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University.
- Date of Original:
- 1913
- Subject:
- Mayors--Georgia--Atlanta
Lawyers--Georgia--Atlanta
Politicians--Georgia--Atlanta
City council members--Georgia--Atlanta
Men--Georgia--Atlanta
Legislators--Georgia
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:
- Hartsfield was elected to the Atlanta City Council in 1922, and served as a member of a subcommittee of the finance committee. During this time he began what became his lifelong goal of making Atlanta the aviation hub of the Southeast.
Photograph of William B. Hartsfield taken in 1913. In this head and shoulders portrait, he wears a suit and tie and faces forward.
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-657/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University
Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University - 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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