Creator
Bickerstaff, Charles, 1885-1937

Contributor to Resource
Hurt, Joel, 1850-1926

Publisher
Charles Bickerstaff and Joel Hurt Photographs, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center.

Date of Original
1893/1923

Subject
Bickerstaff, Charles, 1885-1937
Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931
Hurt, Joel, 1850-1926
Candler Building (Atlanta, Ga.)
Grant Building (Atlanta, Ga.)
Klaus & Cherry Meat Market (Atlanta, Ga.)
Atlanta Home Insurance Company (Atlanta, Ga.)
Atlanta Trust Company Building (Atlanta, Ga.)
Capital City Club (Atlanta, Ga.)
Century Building (Atlanta, Ga.)
Draughons Business College (Atlanta, Ga.)
English American Building (Atlanta, Ga.)
Equitable Building (Atlanta, Ga.)
Fourth National Bank Building (Atlanta, Ga.)
Excelsior Steam Laundry (Atlanta, Ga.)
Hosch and Sons Grocers (Atlanta, Ga.)
Piedmont Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.)
Prudential Building (Atlanta, Ga.)
St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
Trust Company of Georgia Building (Atlanta, Ga.)
Hotels--Georgia--Atlanta
Horse-drawn vehicles--Georgia--Atlanta
Theaters--Georgia--Atlanta
Architecture--Details
Office buildings--Georgia--Atlanta
Schools--Georgia--Atlanta
Edgewood Avenue (Atlanta, Ga.)
Peachtree Street (Atlanta, Ga.)
Courtland Avenue (Atlanta, Ga.)

Location
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798

Medium
photographs
visual works

Description
This collection contains photographs of banks, businesses, theaters, clubs, hotels, and grocery stores in downtown Atlanta, including two structures, the Atlanta Theater and the Equitable Building that were built by engineer and developer Joel Hurt,. The collection also contains photographs of the Candler Building, the Century Building, the Empire Building, the English-American Building, and the Piedmont Hotel. Among the images are photographs taken by Tracy Mathewson, Edwards and Sons, and Reeves Studios, all photographers from Atlanta., Charles Augustus Bickerstaff (1885-1937) was an insurance executive in Atlanta, Georgia from approximately 1910 to 1937. He was born in Selma, Alabama, and married Mabel Hurt in 1911. At one time, he worked for the Atlanta Home Insurance Company with his father-in-law, Atlanta business pioneer Joel Hurt. Mr. Hurt (1850-1926) graduated from the University of Georgia in 1871, and married Annie Bright Woodruff. The couple moved to Atlanta in 1875. Mr. Hurt was an engineer and real estate developer who built several of Atlantas first skyscrapers beginning in 1892 with the Equitable Building. He also established Atlantas street railway system, and developed the Inman Park and Druid Hills neighborhoods.

Metadata URL
http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/landingpage/collection/bickerstaff

Rights Holder
This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U. S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.

Holding Institution
Atlanta History Center