Stephen Goldfarb Photographs

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Stephen Goldfarb Photographs

circa 1979

https://aspace-atlantahistorycenter.galileo.usg.edu/repositories/2/resources/2356

The images in this collection depict locations in metropolitan Atlanta, including images of the central city, Roswell, and Stone Mountain. Images of Atlanta include buildings on Auburn Avenue such as Big Bethel Baptist Church, Ebenezer Baptist Church, a Fire Station, the King Center, Odd Fellows Building and Auditorium, the Prince Hall Masonic Building, Wheat Street Baptist Church, and the YMCA. Other locations in Atlanta include Excelsior Mills, a bank building and the Georgia Nut and Bolt Company building on Peters Street, and a “shotgun” house in Mechanicsville. Others images include Roswell’s Bulloch Hall, and historic houses near Stone Mountain. The collection also contains images of sculptures and murals commissioned by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) for the Butts County Post Office in Jackson, Georgia, the old Conyers Post Office (now located in the Rockdale County Historical Society), the old Decatur Post Office, and the Hapeville Post Office; another sculpture is also shown off of Techwood Avenue in Atlanta.

32 image(s)

eng, Latn

Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6908700

Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Atlanta, Ga.)

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Ebenezer Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.)

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Wheat Street Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.)

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Prince Hall Masonic Building (Atlanta, Ga.)

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Pullman Yard (Atlanta, Ga.)

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Goldfarb, Stephen.

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Stephen J. Goldfarb is an Atlanta resident and retired employee of the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library. He holds a Ph.D. in the history of science and technology from Case Western Reserve University. He taught history at Spelman College in Atlanta, and has written scholarly articles on the Leo Frank Case, New Deal Art, and the technology of steam engines. From the description of Stephen Goldfarb Photographs, 1979. (Atlanta History Center). WorldCat record id: 166146337 ...

Bulloch Hall (Roswell, Ga.)

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Bulloch Hall was built in Roswell, Georgia in 1839 by the enslaved of Major James Stephens Bulloch and his wife Martha Stewart Elliott Bulloch. The historic house, designed by architect Willis Ball of Connecticut, is an example of Greek Revival architecture and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The construction of Bulloch Hall was completed in late 1839 and the family soon moved in. The dining room of Bulloch Hall was the setting on December 22, 1853, of the wedding of ...

Georgia Nut & Bolt Company (Atlanta, Ga.)

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United States. Works Progress Administration of Georgia

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Excelsior Mill (Atlanta, Ga.)

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