Davison-Paxon company picnic for African-American employees, 1954. Davison’s was a longtime Atlanta department store, eventually bought by Macy’s.
Davison’s company picnic (white) at North Fulton Park, 1948.
Davison’s company party at the 180 Club, 1954.
Davison’s company party for African-American employees, 1956.
Home delivery of Coca-Cola, around 1951.
The Atlanta skyline, seen from the North Avenue bridge in 1961 (coincidentally, the year Atlanta magazine debuted).
The Atlanta airport main terminal, 1961.
Klan outing on Stone Mountain, 1939.
The segregated entrance at the Roxy Theatre, downtown. This is now the site of the Westin hotel. Carmen Jones is the all-African-American version of Carmen, starring Harry Belafonte.
The Watkins Building in downtown Decatur. This is now the location of the By Hand South gallery.
Inside the Varsity restaurant. A photograph taken for the Heinz company in 1958.
The Rialto Theater in downtown Atlanta. Dated 1956. The theater has been renovated and is now part of Georgia State University.
A pet ambulance outside the Atlanta Humane Society on Howell Mill Road, 1965.
Voice of the Turtle at the Fox Theatre. Dated 1948.
The intersection of Decatur and Peachtree streets, 1948.
The Atlanta Baseball Club on Ponce de Leon Avenue. Dated 1953. The old Sears building now houses City Hall East, and the old ballpark is the site of Whole Foods and Borders.
Two hometown corporations at once — Coke served on a Delta flight. 1940.
The intersection of Auburn Avenue and Butler Street, 1951.
Workers at Atlantic Steel, the manufacturing company that stood on the site of what is now Atlantic Station. Dated 1947.
