Allen Family Photographs, 1840-1990, undated.

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Allen Family Photographs, 1840-1990, undated.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32216863

The collection consists of images of family members and friends of the Allen, Inman, Richardson, and Grant families of Atlanta, Georgia. Most of the photographs of family members consist of images of Ivan Allen, Sr. and Ivan Allen, Jr. Included are photographs of Ivan Allen, Sr. at business meetings, civic and social events, and with friends and family. Photographs of Ivan Allen, Jr. include those from his childhood throughout his career as a businessman and mayor of Atlanta. Also included are photographs of employees and the buildings and grounds of the Ivan Allen Company and its predecessors, Fielder and Allen and Ivan Allen-Marshall Company. The collection also contains photographs of sites of importance to the Allen family in the state of Georgia, including the private residence of Ivan Allen, Sr., and that of Hugh Richardson, and the Little White House in Warm Springs, Georgia.

397 photographic prints, 4 lithographs, 1 poster, 1 charcoal print : b&w (some col.)

Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7338841

Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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Allen, Irene Beaumont, 1890-1972.

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Richardson, Josephine (Josephine Van Dyke Inman), 1875-1963.

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Richardson family.

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Grant family.

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Allen family.

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The Georgia roots of the Allen family began shortly after the Civil War when Daniel "Earnest" Allen (1847-1879) of Greene County, Tennessee moved to Dalton, Georgia to work in a dry goods business. In 1870 he married Susie Harris (1859-1936) of Dalton and in 1876 they had a son, Isaac. After Earnest's death, Susie renamed their son Ivan Earnest Allen. Ivan Allen (1876-1968) was a businessman and civic booster who moved to Atlanta in 1895 and co-founded his office supply company with entrepreneur...

Ivan Allen-Marshall Company (Atlanta, Ga.)

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Allen, Daniel, 1791-1857.

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Allen, Ivan, 1877-1968

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Allen, Ivan, 1911-2003

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Ivan Allen Company (Atlanta, Ga.)

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Inman family.

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Fielder and Allen (Atlanta, Ga.)

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