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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Homes located in Pittsburgh. Text from slide presentation: Pittsburgh -- are only a few of our historic neighborhoods.
General Photographs Collection
Pittsburgh, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
Homes located in Pittsburgh. Text from slide presentation: Pittsburgh -- are only a few of our historic neighborhoods.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
Collection
General Photographs Collection
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.
General Photographs Collection
Historic Building, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
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.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
Collection
General Photographs Collection
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
Historic Building, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
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.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
Collection
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 �. . .
General Photographs Collection
Historic Building, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
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 �. . .
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
Collection
General Photographs Collection
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.
General Photographs Collection
A Street in Reynoldstown, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
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.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
Collection
General Photographs Collection
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 ...
General Photographs Collection
Victorian Cottage, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
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 ...
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
Collection
General Photographs Collection
A church located in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: By the early twentieth century, Reynoldstown had grown into a community with churches, �
General Photographs Collection
Church in Reynoldstown, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
A church located in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: By the early twentieth century, Reynoldstown had grown into a community with churches, �
Subject
Church buildings, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods
Collection
General Photographs Collection
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.
General Photographs Collection
Shotgun House, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
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.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
Collection
General Photographs Collection
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.
General Photographs Collection
Shotgun Homes, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
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.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
Collection
General Photographs Collection
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.
General Photographs Collection
Shotgun House, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
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.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
Collection
General Photographs Collection
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.
General Photographs Collection
Shotgun House, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
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.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
Collection
General Photographs Collection
A view of homes located in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: . . . and toward Fair Street (now Memorial Drive) toward the south.
General Photographs Collection
Homes in Reynoldstown, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
A view of homes located in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: . . . and toward Fair Street (now Memorial Drive) toward the south.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
Collection
General Photographs Collection
A man repaints a home in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: But today, neighborhood residents are working to revitalize their community.
General Photographs Collection
A Man Repaints a Home, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
A man repaints a home in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: But today, neighborhood residents are working to revitalize their community.
Subject
African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Community development
Collection
General Photographs Collection
Commercial buildings in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: . . . and commercial buildings.
General Photographs Collection
Commercial Buildings, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
Commercial buildings in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: . . . and commercial buildings.
Subject
African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American business enterprises
Collection
General Photographs Collection
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 ...
General Photographs Collection
Homes in Reynoldstown, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
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 ...
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
Collection
General Photographs Collection
A building located in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: In the 1950s, with the decline of the railroads, Reynoldstown began to decline.
General Photographs Collection
Building in Reynoldstown, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
A building located in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: In the 1950s, with the decline of the railroads, Reynoldstown began to decline.
Subject
African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Buildings and grounds
Collection
General Photographs Collection
View of the Atlanta and West Point train depot. Text from slide presentation: . . . a train depot �
General Photographs Collection
Train Depot, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
View of the Atlanta and West Point train depot. Text from slide presentation: . . . a train depot �
Subject
Railroads, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta
Collection
General Photographs Collection
View of homes in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: Now, more than ever, it is important that we remember how Reynoldstown came to be
General Photographs Collection
Homes in Reynoldstown, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
View of homes in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: Now, more than ever, it is important that we remember how Reynoldstown came to be
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
Collection
General Photographs Collection
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.
General Photographs Collection
Homes in Reynoldstown, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
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.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
Collection
General Photographs Collection
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.
General Photographs Collection
Street in Reynoldstown, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
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.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
Collection
General Photographs Collection