FROM THE ARCHIVES-
1970 view of the GA State Capitol building, Atlanta City Hall, and Atlanta Stadium.
Hope everyone had a happy New Year! It’s a cold one today, we’re keeping warm with this vintage shot of Woodruff Park on a sunny day in the 1960s.
Here’s two shots of midtown/Georgia Tech from practically the same angle. The old one is from 1968 and the new looks to be about 2005 looking at the construction on Tech’s campus. It’s fun to find some changed landmarks and similarities in the almost 50 years that has passed.
They appear to be announcing/beginning construction on a new building. I wish I had taken a closer picture of the photo being shown.
I did take a closer picture of the building behind the gathering. “The Southern _______al(?) College.” I wish I could have pulled them off the wall and out of the frames and seen if there was any other information on them.
Date unknown. All I can make out is the name on the long building. “Johnson - Fluker & Co. Wholesale Grocers”
The only information I could quickly find on Google showed that they existed in Atlanta in the early 1920’s, one being a court case about whether they delivered a shipment or not.
An aerial shot of Atlanta. Date unknown to me. The only text I can find is in the lower right. “Edgar Orr / Atlanta”
The other day I was working in an office in Atlantic Station that had a nice collection of old photos of Atlanta throughout the hallways. The best I could do was snap a few photos of the photos with my phone.
Here’s a shot that shows Atlanta evolving through the years. ‘60, ‘70 and ‘76 (bottom to top).
No clue…
1967 view of Atlanta City Hall (intersection of Washington and Mitchell Streets).
