Creator
Adams-Cates Company (Atlanta, Ga.)

Date of Original
1956/1973

Subject
Central business districts--Georgia--Atlanta
Photography--Georgia--Atlanta
Transportation--Georgia--Atlanta
DeKalb County (Ga.)--Aerial views
Fulton County (Ga.)--Aerial views
Atlanta (Ga.)--Aerial views

Location
United States, Georgia, Clayton County, 33.54189, -84.35769
United States, Georgia, Clayton County, Forest Park, 33.62205, -84.36909
United States, Georgia, Cobb County, Mableton, 33.81872, -84.58243
United States, Georgia, Cobb County, Marietta, 33.9526, -84.54993
United States, Georgia, Cobb County, Vinings, 33.86483, -84.46437
United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Avondale Estates, 33.77149, -84.26714
United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Belvedere Park, 33.75483, -84.26742
United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Chamblee, 33.89205, -84.29881
United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Decatur, 33.77483, -84.29631
United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Doraville, 33.89816, -84.28326
United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Lithonia, 33.71233, -84.10519
United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Tucker, 33.85455, -84.21714
United States, Georgia, Douglas County, 33.70182, -84.76793
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, 33.79025, -84.46702
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Buckhead, 33.83955, -84.37937
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, East Point, 33.67955, -84.43937
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Sandy Springs, 33.92427, -84.37854
United States, Georgia, Gwinnett County, 33.96173, -84.02363
United States, Georgia, Hall County, 34.31689, -83.81968
United States, Georgia, Newton County, 33.55505, -83.85019

Medium
aerial photographs
black-and-white photographs
photographs
visual works

Type
Still Image

Description
This collection contains aerial photographs produced to assist Adams-Cates Company in the development of commercial real estate in the metropolitan Atlanta area. The photographs document the construction of the interstate system around the cities of Atlanta and Decatur and the growth of the skyline of downtown Atlanta., Adams-Cates Company is a real estate firm located in Atlanta, Georgia. The company was founded in 1905 as B. M. Grant-A.S. Adams Company. Alvin Bingham Cates joined with the company's founders as a silent partner in 1915, and in 1927 the company was incorporated as Adams-Cates Company. The company had its headquarters in the Hurt Building until 1978 when it relocated to Peachtree Center South. Adams-Cates was absorbed by the San Francisco based Grubb & Ellis, and changed its name to Grubb & Ellis Atlanta in 1991. Grubb & Ellis currently have offices in Buckhead and Marietta, Georgia. The company has been involved in commercial developments in the city of Atlanta, including Peachtree Center, Davison's Department Store, the Equitable Building, and dozens of office parks and shopping malls throughout the metropolitan region. Many of the photographs were taken by Parsifal Cobb.

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

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.

Original Collection
Adams-Cates Company Photographs, VIS 144, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center.

Holding Institution
Atlanta History Center

Rights