Atlanta Chamber of Commerce photographs : Events and People, 1953-1991.

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Atlanta Chamber of Commerce photographs : Events and People, 1953-1991.

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This series includes photographs depicting Atlanta Chamber of Commerce meetings and members, and a series of mostly unrelated events in the Atlanta area. Individuals depicted in this series include Maynard Jackson, Billy Payne, Andrew Young, Zell Miller, Henry "Hank" Aaron, Ivan Allen, Jr., and Richard Rich. The events in the series include scenes in Atlanta City Hall depicting Atlanta Mayor William Hartsfield, perhaps taken on the day Atlanta Public Schools were formally desegregated in 1961. Other events include the Georgia Cattle Show in 1953, a parade for the Atlanta Braves after the 1991 World Series, a visit to Atlanta by Richard Nixon, and a Vietnam War protest march in Piedmont Park and down Peachtree Street.

295 slides and negatives : b&w (some col.)

Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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