The General Photograph collection, includes photographs documenting the African American experience. This collection is organized into two series: individuals and subjects, and consists of photographs of notable figures including, W.E.B. DuBois and his family, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during his time as a student at the AUC and more.  The collection also includes images of various Atlanta Neighborhood homes and sites.

At the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library we are always striving to improve our digital collections. We welcome additional information about people, places, or events depicted in any of the works in this collection. To submit information, please contact us at DSD@auctr.edu.
May 29, 2020

General Photographs Collection

The General Photograph collection, includes photographs documenting the African American experience. This collection is organized into two series: individuals and subjects, and consists of photographs of notable figures including, W.E.B. DuBois and his family, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during his time as a student at the AUC and more. The collection also includes images of various Atlanta Neighborhood homes and sites.

At the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library we are always striving to improve our digital collections. We welcome additional information about people, places, or events depicted in any of the works in this collection. To submit information, please contact us at DSD@auctr.edu.

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  • Subjects = African Americans--Housing
Correspondence between Wilson Flemister and Karen Huebner concerning the "Stories Worth Sharing" presentation.
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A brochure for the "Stories Worth Sharing" presentation.
Historic homes in the Westview neighborhood in Atlanta.  Text from slide presentation: Westview
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A home located in West End in Atlanta. Text from slide presentation: West End
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View of a historic home in Atlanta. Text from slide presentation: This presentation is about Atlanta's historic African-American neighborhoods; why they are so important to our city's history; and why it is important to preserve them. Atlanta is a city of neighborhoods, and historic neighborhoods, which are fifty years old or older, lend a special feeling to our city.
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Two homes located in Old Forth Ward. Text from slide presentation: Old Fourth Ward
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Historic homes in the Inamn Park. Text from slide presentation: Inman Park
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Homes located in one of Atlanta's historically African-American neighborhoods. Text from slide presentation: Atlanta's African-American neighborhoods have always played a significant role in our city's history, and it is important that ...
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Homes located in one of Atlanta's historically African-American neighborhoods.  Text from slide presentation: . . . we protect and preserve those neighborhoods in order to protect and preserve the heritage they represent.
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Homes located in Pittsburgh. Text from slide presentation: Pittsburgh -- are only a few of our historic neighborhoods.
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Homes located in one of Atlanta's historically African-American neighborhoods. Text from slide presentation: . . . and we want you to consider preserving your neighborhood so that its story is not lost.
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Homes located in one of Atlanta's historically African-American neighborhoods. Text from slide presentation: In many ways, buildings represent a time capsule of our past.
General Photographs Collection
Homes located in one of Atlanta's historically African-American neighborhoods. Text from slide presentation: Historic buildings and their relationships to one another can tell us about our history -- the history of Atlanta �. . .
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A view of a street in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: The neighborhood of Reynoldstown in the late 19th century was made up of small homes and commercial buildings clustered around the railroad.
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View of a victorian cottage. Text from slide presentation: Housing types that are most often associated with the working class during this period are small Victorian cottages ...
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A view of a shotgun house. Text from slide presentation: Shotgun houses are narrow, front-gabled dwellings one room wide and two to three rooms deep. They get their name because it was said you can stand on the front porch of a shotgun house and shoot clear through the back door without hitting anything.
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A view of two shotgun homes. Text from slide presentation: Porches provided places to sit and enjoy whatever cooling breezes may have been stirring and were also places to visit neighbors. Both of these roles are still important to day.
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A view of a shotgun house. Text from slide presentation: scholars note that the form is similar to house types that can be traced from Africa, through the West Indies to New Orleans, and from there throughout the south.
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An angled view of a shotgun house. Text from slide presentation: One of the most prominent features of a shotgun house, and almost any historic southern house, is the porch.
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A view of homes located in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: . . . and toward Fair Street (now Memorial Drive) toward the south.
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A view of homes located in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: During the first decades of the twentieth century, Reynoldstown grew toward Moreland Avenue on the east ...
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View of homes in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: Now, more than ever, it is important that we remember how Reynoldstown came to be
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View of homes in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: It is a place where formerly enslaved people settled in order to make new lives for themselves and their families.
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View of a street in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: And part of that revitalization effort includes a renewed interest in the history of Reynoldstown.
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View of homes in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: They succeeded �they built a community that has survived over one hundred years.
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Homes located on Gammon Avenue. Text from slide presentation: .. . the homes on Gammon Avenue ...
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Homes in south Atlanta. Text from slide presentation: They succeeded in creating such a place.
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A street in Mozley Park. Text from slide presentation: Most of the original homeowners in Mozley Park were working class. City directories indicate that common occupations of neighborhood residents were carpenter, laundress, clerk, and blacksmith.
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A home in Mozley Park. Text from slide presentation: In the older section the lots are small and have no driveways. During this period cars may not have been necessities because the area was served by trolley along Gordon Road.
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Homes in Mozley Park. Text from slide presentation: As development moved eastward, signs of the growing popularity of cars became evident in the number of driveways to be found.
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Homes in Mozley Park. Text from slide presentation: The homes in Mozley Park reflect the time during which they were built. The majority are small Craftsman style bungalows -- the housing type most popular throughout the nation during the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s.
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Craftsman style bungalow in Mozley Park devlopment. Text from slide presentation: A Craftsman bungalow has a low-pitched roof, wide, unenclosed, overhanging eaves
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A close up view of a craftsman bungalow's windows. Text from slide presentation: windows with several small panes of glass in the top sash,
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A woman stands on her porch. Text from slide presentation: and wide porches
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The home of Reverend W. W. Wetherspool and his family in Mozley Park. Text from slide presentation: The significance of Mozley Park as it relates to Atlanta's Black history is the crucial role it played in the housing controversies of the late 1940s and early 1950s. In 1949 Reverend W. W. Weatherspool and his family, who were Black, moved into this house.
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A close up view of a porch. Text from slide presentation: supported by tapered or square columns.
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A home in Mozley Park. Text from slide presentation: Again, the porch is a dominant feature.
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A historic Atlanta home. Text from slide presentation: that a turbulent chapter of Atlanta's history was written here as Blacks sought new housing opportunities equal to their emerging middle-class status.
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A historic Atlanta home. Text from slide presentation: Their individual stories tell us a lot about our city's history and therefore ourselves.
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A historic Atlanta home. Text from slide presentation: These are only three of Atlanta's African American neighborhoods.
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A historic Atlanta home. Text from slide presentation: Every Atlanta neighborhood has a story to tell.
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A view of historic Atlanta homes. Text from slide presentation: One is to list your neighborhood on the National Register of Historic Places, the nation's honor roll of buildings and districts that are significant in local, state or national history.
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A historic Atlanta home. Text from slide presentation: This designation process involves research into a neighborhood's history and documentation of its heritage.
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A historic Atlanta home. Text from slide presentation: It is important that Atlanta's historic African-American neighborhoods be preserved so that the heritage they represent is preserved.
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A historic Atlanta home. Text from slide presentation: Another, stronger way to protect them is through district designation under Atlanta's Historic Preservation Ordinance.
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A view of a residential street. Text from slide presentation: Designation of your neighborhood can help preserve both the history and heritage that echo across the years.
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A historic Atlanta home. Text from slide presentation: There are many ways to help preserve your neighborhood.
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A map of Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: Among Atlanta's oldest African-American neighborhoods is Reynoldstown.
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A map of three Black neighborhoods in Atlanta. Text from slide presentation: To illustrate this point, we are going to look at three Black neighborhoods-- Reynoldstown in the east, South Atlanta in the south, and Mozley Park in the west --to see what they can tell us about Atlanta's history.
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Three homes in Cabbagetown. Text from slide presentation: Cabbagetown and
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