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Marion Johnson was the head of the photography department for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution from 1951 – 1980. The collection provides cityscapes and aerial views of Atlanta, photographs of rural areas in Georgia, as well as images of professional and collegiate sports teams in the Atlanta-Athens area. Georgia politics are covered through images of the infamous “Two Governors” controversy.
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The Atlanta Crackers were a minor league baseball team that played in the Southern Association from 1901 to 1961, and in the International League from 1962-1965. The majority of this collection consists of members of the Atlanta Crackers baseball team and players from the Nashville Vols. The collection also includes images of Ponce de Leon Park and images of Luther Williams Park in Macon, Georgia.
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The Bill Wilson collection is comprised of original negatives, copy prints, and copy negatives created by Bill Wilson and other photographers, whose works Wilson collected. The collection documents personalities, political and sporting events, and geographic locations in Atlanta and throughout Georgia.
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This collection contains portraits of members of the Carlisle family of Atlanta, Georgia. Also included are photographs of a military parade in Atlanta shortly after World War I, sporting events, and summer camp activities from Camp Dixie for Boys and for Girls in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
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The Floyd Jillson photographs are comprised of images Jillson took as a staff photographer for the Atlanta Constitution and Journal Magazine, primarily during the 1960’s and 1970’s. The collection documents the Atlanta Metropolitan area and the State of Georgia, including building structures, sports, Atlanta citizens, and important events.
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Joe McTyre worked as a photojournalist at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The collection is comprised of images taken by Joe McTyre and other Atlanta photojournalists including images of prominent individuals, the physical environment of Atlanta and rural Georgia, state politics, and other news events.
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The Kenneth Rogers photograph collection is comprised of images Rogers took for the Atlanta Constitution and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution from 1930 to 1972. The collection documents a variety of personalities, events, and geographic locations in Atlanta and throughout Georgia, primarily between 1930 to1970.
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This collection consists of images of Atlanta neighborhoods such as Buckhead, Cabbagetown, Midtown and downtown. The collection also contains images of several events such as parades, highway and stadium construction, the Democratic National Convention of 1988, and celebrations during the 1991 World Series.
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