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VIS 143.08.01 Oakland Cemetery
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Title
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Oakland Cemetery
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Photographer
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Unknown
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Description
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View of the Mitchell Family plot including author Margaret Mitchell in Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Geographic Location
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Atlanta (Ga.)
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Subject
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Cemeteries--Georgia--Atlanta
Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Georgia--Atlanta
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Personal Name
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Mitchell Family
Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949
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Corporate Name
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Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta, Ga.)
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Date Original
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1949
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Date Digital
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2006
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Type
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8 x 10 in. sepia tone silver gelatin print;
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Digital Format
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JPEG
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Catalogue Number
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VIS 143.08.01
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Collection
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Sally A. Parker Photographs
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Publisher
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Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta GA 30305
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Rights
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This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S Code) Permission ofr use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
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Notes
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In 1850 the City of Atlanta purchased six acres of farmland for use as a public burial ground. In 1872 the burial grounds were named Oakland Cemetery, and had grown to encompass 88 acres. Most of this growth was to accommodate for the increased deaths during the Civil War as soldiers were moved from battle field graves. The cemetery is now run by the Historic Oakland Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the site as a historic landmark.
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Source
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ahc143008001a.jpg
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