Public Information Office Photographs
Contains images from 1948 to 2000 documenting the City of Savannah's services, people, and events including buildings, structures, employee events, health fairs, trainings, charity events, and more.
More About This Collection
Date of Original
1948/1949, 1974/2000
Subject
Advertising
Aldermen
Aldermen & Mayor
Airport
Anniversaries and retirements
Announcements and press conferences
Awards and ceremonies
Buildings
Buildings and structures
Buildings, structures, and locations
Buildings-Unidentified
Businesses
Canals
Celebrities
Cemeteries
Chamber of Commerce
Charitable
Churches
Churches-Unidentified
City Attorney
City Managers
Cultural Arts
Dedications, ground-breakings, and ribbon-cuttings
Drainage and flooding
Education and training
Educational programs
Employees
Environmental
Equipment
Events
Fires
Fire Department
Flooding
Freedom Day
Funerals
Health
Historic buildings
Historic district
Historic preservation
Holidays
Homes
Housing
Hutchinson Island
Kiwanis Club
Locations
LOST
Mayors
Military
Miscellaneous
Monuments and memorials
Motion Pictures
Music
Neighborhoods and community centers
Neighborhood maps
Neighborhoods
Olympics
Parking Services
Parks and Squares
People (not City-related)
Playgrounds and parks
Police
Presentations
Programs and services
Projects, construction, and maintenance
Public information office
Receptions and programs
Refuse Collection
Sanitation
Savannah-Early Savannah
Savannah-Promotional Pictures
Savannah River
Ships
Southside
Sports Complexes
Squares
St. Patrick’s Day
Stormwater Management
Streets-Unidentified
Structures
Thunderbolt
Traffic
Trees
Tybee Island
Vehicle Maintenance
Vehicles
Whitemarsh Island
Youth
Location
United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
Medium
photographs
Type
Still Image
Description
Records Series 0123-045, Public Information Office Photographs (1948-1949, 1974-2000, no date), contains photographs, slides, and negatives. There is also a small amount of manuscript material that relates directly to the images. The images were taken to document the City’s services, people, and events. These photographs were used in City publications such as reports and internal newsletters. Sometimes, the images were used for external advertising of City services or programs. Many of the individual employee photographs were taken for identification cards. Collection includes:
Buildings/ Structures/ Locations = Buildings include City of Savannah buildings such as City Hall, the Broughton Municipal Building, and the Civic Center. There are also images of miscellaneous, non-City buildings. Structures include the Talmadge Bridge (old and new). Locations include parks, squares, and various street scenes.
City of Savannah (COS) = This series includes events that were City-sponsored or City-generated or relate to multiple bureaus. Included in this series are employee events, such as health fairs and training classes, and employee celebrations of holidays. This series also contains photographs of mayors, aldermen, and school groups. Also included are the events, employees, and programs of unidentified bureaus.
General = The General Series contains photographs of public city-wide events as well as programs or events that did not originate with the City. Examples include the events surrounding the 1996 Olympics, charity events, Georgia Day, Children’s Week, St. Patrick’s Day, public-private programs, and various other events.
Language
eng
Original Collection
0123-045 - Public Information Office Photographs , http://www.savannahga.gov/DocumentCenter/View/571/Public-Information-Office-Photographs-Finding-Aid-Introduction?bidId=
Holding Institution
City of Savannah Municipal Archives
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