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Stephen Goldfarb photographs, 1979

Color photographs from 1979 of locations in metropolitan Atlanta, including images of the central city, Roswell, and Stone Mountain.

More About This Collection

Creator
Goldfarb, Stephen

Publisher
Stephen Goldfarb Photographs, VIS 151, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center.

Date of Original
1979

Subject
Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
Bulloch Hall (Roswell, Ga.)
Ebenezer Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
Excelsior Mill (Atlanta, Ga.)
Georgia Nut & Bolt Company (Atlanta, Ga.)
Prince Hall Masonic Building (Atlanta, Ga.)
Pullman Yard (Atlanta, Ga.)
Wheat Street Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
United States. Works Progress Administration. Georgia
Church buildings--Georgia--Atlanta
Fire stations--Georgia--Atlanta
New Deal, 1939-1933--Georgia
Railroad facilities--Georgia--Atlanta
Auburn Avenue (Atlanta, Ga.)
Kirkwood (Atlanta, Ga.)
Mechanicsville (Atlanta, Ga.)
Peters Street (Atlanta, Ga.)

Location
United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Stone Mountain, 33.80816, -84.1702
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Roswell, 34.02316, -84.36159

Medium
color photographs
photographs
visual works

Description
The images in this collection depict locations in metropolitan Atlanta, including images of the central city, Roswell, and Stone Mountain. Images of Atlanta include buildings on Auburn Avenue such as Big Bethel Baptist Church, Ebenezer Baptist Church, a Fire Station, the King Center, Odd Fellows Building and Auditorium, the Prince Hall Masonic Building, Wheat Street Baptist Church, and the YMCA. Other locations in Atlanta include Excelsior Mills, a bank building and the Georgia Nut & Bolt Company building on Peters Street, and a "shotgun" house in Mechanicsville. Other images include Roswell's Bulloch Hall, and historic houses near Stone Mountain. The collection also contains images of sculptures and murals commissioned by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) for the Butts County Post Office in Jackson, Georgia, the old Conyers Post Office (now located in the Rockdale County Historical Society), the old Decatur Post Office, and the Hapeville Post Office; another sculpture is also shown off of Techwood Avenue in Atlanta., Stephen J. Goldfarb is an Atlanta resident and retired employee of the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library. He holds a Ph.D. in the history of science and technology from Case Western Reserve University. He taught history at Spelman College in Atlanta, and has written scholarly articles on the Leo Frank Case, New Deal Art, and the technology of steam engines.

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

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