Close up view of the detailin gon a vitorian cottage porch. Text from slide presentation: Another defining feature of the Victorian cottage is flat or jigsaw cut detailing along the porches ...
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, African American universities and colleges
An L shaped victorian cottage. Text from slide presentation: Sometimes Victorian cottages are L shaped with a front gable and a side wing. In this case, the porch runs along the long side of the L.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, African American universities and colleges
A building located in south Atlanta. Text from slide presentation: That and the general migration of many Blacks to Atlanta's west side during the 1930s and 1940s, led to the neighborhood's decline.
Subject
African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Buildings and grounds
A woman tends her garden on Bisbee street. Text from slide presentation: Today reminders of the past are evident everywhere . . . . . in the cottages clustered along Bisbee street, ...
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, African American women
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.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Housing
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.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Housing
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.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Housing
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.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Housing
Craftsman style bungalow in Mozley Park devlopment. Text from slide presentation: A Craftsman bungalow has a low-pitched roof, wide, unenclosed, overhanging eaves
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Housing
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.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Housing