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Photograph Subject Files

The Photograph Subject Files contain photographs depicting various aspects of life in DeKalb County. The subjects covered in this collection and their corresponding box numbers are listed below, as well as descriptions of their contents.

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Box 1 Individual & Family Portraits A-D

Box 2 Individual & Family Portraits E-H

Box 3 Individual & Family Portraits I-P

Box 4 Individual & Family Portraits Q-S

Box 5 Individual & Family Portraits T-Z; Unidentified Individuals

Box 6 Business and Industry A-K

Box 7 Business and Industry L-Z

Box 8 Churches

Box 9 Cities and communities

Box 10 Government: People, Buildings, Agencies

Box 11 Homes and Places (A-L)

Box 12 Homes and Places (M-Z)

Box 13 Old Courthouse

Box 14 Military & Markers

Box 15 Organizations & Parks

Box 16 Schools (A-G)

Box 17 Schools (H-Z)

Box 18 Schools: Colleges and Universities

Box 19 Transportation

 


Box 1

 

Abram, J H

Adams, Salathiel and his wife Annie Catherine Ball Adams

Akin

Alexander, Hooper (two photographs of Mr. Alexander sitting at desk)

Alexander, William Prescott

Allgood, Dr Conrad L

Alston, Col. Robert A. (photograph of portrait)

Ansley

Austin, Aurelia

Austin-Stannard-Shonk family- Henry, Stella, Dr. Nat

Badger, Dr Roderick, dentist

Bagwell, Sally (see also Austin, Aurelia)

Baker, Thurbert

Ball, John W.

Bankston, John A

Beales, Frances Loehr Green; Beales

Bell, James Addison- Lithonia

Bell, Piromis Hulsey

Bell, Richard– former DeKalb County District Attorney

Bennett, M.C.

Berrien, John MacPherson

Billups, Annie

Blackmon, Marbut- mayor of Lithonia

Bond, J.B.

Bond-Braswell-Floyd family

Borglum, Gutzon

Brown, Derwin

Brown, John Llewlyn

Brown, Martha (Martha Brown United Methodist Church, Metropolitan & Moreland Ave., ca. 1904)

Bryan, Shepard

Burges, Dodies (oversized photo)

Burgess

Burnham, Arthur N

Burns, George and Evie

Burton, Joe

Caldwell, Henry

Candler

Carroll, John

Cash

Cherry, Jim (see also Ward, Judson)

Chesnut

Chewning

Chivers, Thomas Holley

Chupp

Clack, Golden

Clark, Joe

Clarke, Elijah Henry

Clarke, Marion

Clarke, William Henry

Clarkson, Ruth Jones

Cleland, Max

Cleland, Monroe and Lillian

Cobb, Charles H

Coffey, Marie and George, 1901

Coletti, George

Cook

Crawford, Mr and Mrs Tom

Crockett, James W.

Crump, R A-Avondale patrolman, 1966

Dabney, William Joel (2nd from right -group photograph with Guy Webb, Eugene Allen, Homer F. George)

Davis

Davis, Anna E.

Dean, James Edward

DeKalb, Baron

DeKalb legal community, various, 1950s

Denk

Diamond

 

 

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Box 2

 

Eidson, Will

Ellis, Mary

Emerson, Patricia

Erickson, Ellen

Erwin, Eugenia, March 23, 1899

Estes

Evans, Adela Chupp

Evans, Ed

Evins, Nancy and Georgia Ann

Farnham Brothers (not necessarily DeKalb, but part of Ed Cummins Collection)

Fellows, Willis S.

Felton, Rebecca Latimer (one portrait, taken 11/22/1922, the day she addressed the U.S. Senate)

Ferguson, Stella Lanier, August 1983

Florance, Sam and Mary Wingate (standing in front of house in Avondale Estates, c. 1928)

Flowers family, Tucker

Forsyth, John (two sketches)

Fowler family

Fraser, Reverend Donald

Frazier family

Frazier, J.T.

Freeborn, W.

Freeman, Mary Hines

Furse, Stephen

Garrett, Franklin

Gay, Mary

George, B.B., Lithonia

George family

Gilmer, George R (see also Berrien, John MacPherson)

Gilreath, Jean Clarkson

Goddard, Byron and Phebe

Green, Margaret Octavia, 1898

Gresham, Alma Long

Grizzell, Rena

Grizzell, Roy Ames Charles

Guess, Edwin Harrison

Hall, Billy

Hall, Jake

Hand, Dick -former police chief

Hardeman, Charlotte Ramspeck

Hardeman family

Harris, Narvie

Harrison, Clark

Hastings, Stanley & Gladys

Hasty family

Hays, Eddie

Henderson family

Henry, Dora Jones

Higginbotham, Joe

Hood, Cynthia

Hooper family

Housworth, Carl

Howell, Hugh Jr

Hudgins family portrait (c. 1914)

Hudson, Mrs W Guy

Hull, Dr. James L.

Hutcheson family (one photograph of Judge John B. Hutcheson and one photograph of Rebecca Hutcheson)

Hyde, Patty (wedding photographs)

 

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Box 3

 

Indigo Girls

Jarvis, Robert P. (Pat)

Jewett, Henry

Johnson, Emma Jane Swift- Lithonia

Johnson family- Oakdale Road

Johnson, Jean Harris

Johnson family (Willie Lilenah Medlock, and Daniel W. Johnson marriage photograph, 1887, Geordie Johnson, age 1, photograph)

Johnson, Willie and Viola Clark- Lithonia

Jolley, Bob

Jolly, J B (Joe)

Jones, Abram Tillman “Tim”

Jones, Vernon

Joyner, William E

Kehr, Mrs Paul

Keys, Marion– Lithonia

Kirkpatrick family

Kiser, M.C.

Kurtz, Wilbur (artwork)

Lehmberg, Peggy

Levetan, Liane, with Sue Ellen Owens (director of DeKalb History Center), 1980

Lietch

Looney, James Shook– city manager of Decatur

Lynch, John Henry

Lynch, Mike

McCloud, Rev. B. J

McCook, B Sam– Lithonia, circa 1908

McCullough

McCurdy

McKinney, Charles Daniel

McKoy, Laura (two photographs – copyright belongs to Atlanta Historical Society)

McMurray, William

McPherson, General

Mable

Mackay, James

Maloof, Manuel

Mann, Katherine Judge

Mann, Mary

Mann, Thomas A

Manning, Brince

Marbut, Mercer and Linette

Mason

Medlock, Willie Vilenah- 1905

Mendenhall, Dr and Mrs– Chamblee

Metz, James H– Decatur Board of Commissioners, July 1964

Mitchell, Henry McDaniel

Mitchell, Jerome and Lula

Mooney, Annie

Moore, John Wesley

Moore, Madge and Pierce

Morgan, Cicero, 1933

Morris

Morris, George Washington “Watt” (founder of Cedar Grove Methodist Church, later called Morris Chapel)

Morris, Melany

Morrison

Nash

New, Georgia (Mrs. Edward G.)

O’Neal, Leon family

Outlaw, Mary Jane Foy

Oxford, John M, Ray A. Grizzell

Palmer/Cobb

Park, Branson and Lawton

Park, Robert and Wynette- Panola Shoals Covered Bridge

Peters, Richard

Philips

Pike, Pete and Jerri

Potts, Frances Rebecca

Pope, Roy

Powell, Chapmon

Powell Everhart

Powers, Frank- Lithonia

Pressley

Pruitt family

Purcell family

 

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Box 4

 

Quinn, Larry Eugene– DeKalb County police

Ragsdale, J.D. (see also Macedonia Baptist Church, Photograph Subject Files, Box 6)

Ramspeck

Rankin, Elizabeth and Guy

Rawls, Dr.

Reagin, New– Lithonia

Redding, J F– mayor of Decatur, GA., 1959

Reid, C.S. and Everett Williams

Richardson, Gene Brooks and Allen Bayard Richardson

Richardson, James Landras

Rickard, George Morgan

Rowe, Minnie

Russell, John family

Sams family

Schweizer, Alfred

Scott, George Washington & Agnes Irving

Scott, Glynn Armitage, with Brenda Hart and Judy Armitage

Scott, Tommy “Ramblin'” or “Doc” Tommy Scott

Sheppard, Rebecca

Sheppard, Sarah Frances

Simmons, G W and family

Simpson family (including Homer Simpson, Fuller Simpson & Margaret Hill, Lulu Simpson)

Singleton, Cliff and Lily

Singleton family (1910: Robert J. Singleton, Mary Elizabeth Vaughn Singleton, Bryan Singleton, Robert Jr., Dolly and Linda Singleton, Sally Anderson, and Ida Mae Coggins)

Smith, Mr and Mrs C W

Smith, E.R.

Smith, M.E.

Smith, Whitefoord Judge

Southard, Dr. R.S.

Sprayberry, W.H.

Stapp, Mr. and Mrs. Albert W

Steele, Leslie J.

Stephens, Alexander

Stibbens, A– Civil War photo

Stokes, Missouri H

Swanton family

 

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Box 5

 

Tapp, Jud and Dora Braswell– Doraville

Teper, Doug

Townsend, Martha Ann Almand

Trotti family (see also Candler, Scott Sr.)

Troup, George

Venable, Miriam

Wallace, Robert (wedding pictures)

Wallace, W.R. family

Ward, Judson, with Jim Cherry

Ware, Tom, with Roy Cale or Cole

Warren family

Webb, J.W. (Deputy Sheriff who was murdered in 1919)

Webster, W B

Weekes family (including James William, Eugenia Weekes, and Lorena Weekes)

Wells

Weems family (Confederate veterans, Charlotte Weems, Drew Willie Weems, Lula Weems, Minnie Weems, James Thomas Weems)

White, J.W.

White, Nat

Wilson, Elizabeth- city commissioner and mayor of Decatur

Woods, Lt. Jerome – Lithonia

Woolf, Sallie

 

Several folders of unidentified

 

 

 

Photographs of unidentified individuals and groups may also have an unknown provenance. There are several photographs of Confederate soldiers in uniform as well as others from the 19th century. Some photographs are from the Georgia Archives Vanishing DeKalb submissions, so watch for rights information.

 


Business and Industry / Box 6 (A-K)

 

81 Theatre at 81 Decatur Street, Atlanta

Abrams Store, Lithonia- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Arabia Mountain Stone Crushing Co.- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Atlantic and Pacific, Decatur- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Bailey’s Shoe Shop

Barnett’s Store – Lithonia

Belk-Gallant

Belle Shop, Lithonia- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Bentz-Sams Farm

Big Ledge Quarry, Lithonia- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Bond and Green funeral home

Bond, J.B. & W.A. general store, Rock Chapel, Road- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Bond, J.B. & W.A. sawmill- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Bowen Press, Decatur- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Brown’s Mill

Burgess, E.N. farm, Lithonia- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Burgess, E.N. general merchandise, Lithonia- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Candler Hotel

Cedar Grove Dairy- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Cedar Grove Garage- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Century Motors Cadillac

Chamblee Dairy & Truck Farm, J.D. Wright

Cheek’s Mill

Cheek and Nash store

Chupp, Joshua LaFayette farm, Lithonia- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Clarkston butcher- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Cofer Brothers Merchandise, Lithonia- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Coffey’s Dry Goods, Lithonia- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Colonial & Galaxy Drugs, East Lake and Meade

Cook’s Drugs- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Davidson’s Dairy

Davidson Stone Mountain Granite Company- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Decatur Bank and Trust/Bank of Decatur

Decatur Federal Savings & Loan, 1962

Decatur-general street scenes

DeKalb ashphalt plant, 1937

DeKalb Cannery

DeKalb Farmers Market

DeKalb Federal Savings and Loan

DeKalb Granite- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

DeKalb Supply Company

First National Bank of Decatur (see also our Special Collections page, First National Bank collection)

Flat Shoals Service Station- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Forrester’s Market, Decatur

Freeman Drug Store- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

George, H.F. and M.H. general store

Goodard, I. B.,  store, Lithonia- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Goodyear Tires, Ponce de Leon in Decatur, 1940s

Grady Hospital

Gulf station-Tucker

Hairston, William T., cotton gin, Wesley Chapel- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Haralson, J.B. service station- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Haynes, George Washington store- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Hello World Grocery- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Holcombe Television- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Honea, Bruce farm

Houston Mill

Hudson and Rogers, Sycamore & McDonough, Decatur- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Hughes Store

John W. Hunt farm & sawmill, Tucker- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Ideal Place, The- Nour store in Stone Mountain

Johns, Charlie store, late 1950s

Johnson, C.C. dairy

J.C. Johnson’s Store, Lithonia- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Jossey Hotel, Decatur, ca 1914

Kirkwood Ambulance- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

 

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Business and Industry / Box 7 (L-Z)

 

Lane Drugs

Lithonia Banking Company- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Lithonia Feed Store

Lithonia Mule Market- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Lithonia Quarry

M&M Grocery, Lithonia- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Mama Mia’s Pizza – Stone Mountain

Mathis Dairy

Matthew McClellan’s Garage, Lithonia- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

McClellan & Abram Auto Accessories – Stone Mountain Rd. Part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

McWilliams, J.W. store, East Atlanta- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Mitchell’s Mill – Lithonia

Morgan, Grady portable sawmill- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Morgan’s Service Station- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Morris, John Hamilton farm- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Neil Theatre- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Panola Light & Power Co.- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Panter’s Barber Shop

Pat’s Restaurant- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Payton dairy

Peachtree DeKalb Airport- see also DeKalb News/Sun photo collection

Pierce, W.O. Dairy

Pine Mountain Quarry- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Powell, M.D. Granite Co., Lithonia- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Ramspeck and Weekes Bros. Stores

Roberts Grocery, Lithonia- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Scottdale Mill, includes a picture of the 1915 band

Scottdale Mill, from poster found at DHC with key and map, interior and exterior

Scottdale Steel Mill, 2012.26

Scott’s Pharmacy

Sexton, Grover store

Sharian Rugs

Shields Meat Market

Simpson Dairy

Snow Dairy- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Southeast Federal- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Southern Printing and Novelty, Lithonia- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Standard Oil

Stone Mountain Bank- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Stone Mountain Granite Company- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Studdard’s Shoes, Stone Mountain- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

SunTrust Bank (unidentified individual)

Syrup Mill (sorghum)

Tatum’s Drugs

Thompson’s Mill, Lithonia- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Tucker’s Drug Store, Lithonia- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Turner and Everitt hardware

Unidentified: Sawmill

Veal’s Mill, 1890

Weaver, Hannah Farm- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Weekes Brothers Grocery store- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Wells, G.D. Country Store, Stone Mountain- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Wells, Steve Furniture Company, Stone Mountain- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Whitley’s Store, Lithonia- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

 

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Churches / Box 8

 

Antioch AME Lithonia, 1985

Belmont Methodist Church, Covington Highway- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Bethsaida Baptist-Stone Mountain

Cedar Grove United Methodist, formerly Morris Church- Conley, no year

Chamblee Baptist, ca. 1900- baptism in Nancy Creek

Christian Church, Decatur, 1962

Clairmont Baptist Church- 14 photographs of the adult and child choirs, c. 1965

Clarkston Baptist, Dr. Crowe, chairman of deacons, birthday party, no year

Clarkston First Baptist Church- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Doraville Presbyterian- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

East End Methodist, Decatur- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Epworth Methodist, Inman Park- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo(s) belong(s) to the Georgia Archives.

Fellowship Primitive Baptist, Tucker, 1995

First Baptist Church- Decatur

First Methodist Church, Decatur

First Presbyterian- Decatur

Forrest Hills Baptist-Decatur

Holy Trinity Episcopal 1962

Jackson Hills Baptist- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Lithonia Baptist Church

Lithonia Central Baptist

Lithonia First Methodist

Lithonia Methodist Episcopal South- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Lithonia Presbyterian

Lithonia Union Methodist

Lithonia United Methodist- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Lutheran Church- Decatur

Macedonia Baptist Church

Methodist campgrounds- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

(United)Methodist Children’s Home

Methodist Episcopal Church, Stone Mountain- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Midway Baptist

Midway Presbyterian- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Mt. Zion Baptist, Decatur, no year– near cemetery, no longer there

Oakhurst Baptist- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Ousley Chapel Methodist Church (originally Briarwood Church)- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Peachtree Baptist, 1903-04

Philadelphia Baptist, Klondike, ca. 1940

Pleasant Hill Baptist- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

Prospect Methodist- North DeKalb

Redan Church, Lithonia, no year

Rehoboth Baptist

Rock Chapel Methodist

Rockland United Methodist, no year

St. Paul A.M.E.- part of the Vanishing DeKalb book/series. Photo belongs to the Georgia Archives.

St. Thomas More Catholic, 1962

Salem Presbyterian

Stone Mountain Presbyterian, no year

Thankful Baptist- Decatur

Trinity Presbyterian- Decatur, 1962

Tucker Baptist

Unidentified Churches

Wesley Chapel

Zion Baptist- Stone Mountain

 

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Cities and Communities / Box 9

 

Atlanta misc. street scenes

Candler Park

Cedar Grove

Chamblee – including a 1979 picture of Mayor Woodie Malone cutting ribbon for underpass

Clarkston

Decatur – three folders; misc. scenes of Decatur, from the mid 20th century to present

Decatur – miscellaneous slides

Decatur- Reception at the Federal Savings and Loan building for All Working 4 Decatur, 1966

Decatur Sister city – Bousse, Burkina Faso, West Africa – photographs of a trip there in 1985 by Decatur city officials

Dunwoody – including Cheek Mill, Spruill Farm, homes along Mt. Vernon Road, c. 1985; Dunwoody Gardens

East Lake

Kirkwood

Lithonia – including photographs of quarry workers, c. 1930; 1 photograph of quarry workers located in the oversize photograph box; envelope of misc. homes in Lithonia

Redan – including Post Office, 1987 (after snow storm)

Rock Chapel

Scottdale

Stone Mountain- including 1996 Olympic Torch Relay

Tucker – including Standard Oil Building, c. 1945 (Jimmy Venable owned it and the Ku Klux Klan met there in the early part of the 20th century; two prints and several Polaroid photographs of Brownings Courthouse, 1985)

Winnona Park – including photograph of Kirk Road, c. 1922; Avery Street, c. 1922; Winnona Park Elementary School, c. 1922

 

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Government: people, buildings, agencies / Box 10

 

Robert T. “Bobby” Burgess Public Safety Building

City of Decatur Police

City of Lithonia offices fire

Clinton-Gore Campaign 1992

Decatur City Commission

Decatur City Council

Decatur City Hall

Decatur DeKalb Library

Decatur Depot

Decatur Fire Engine, 1914

Decatur Fire Station #1

Decatur Post Office

Decatur Recreation Center

Decatur Water Works

DeKalb Board of Education

DeKalb Building- Trinity Place and North McDonough, Decatur

DeKalb Chamber of Commerce

DeKalb Convict Labor Farm

DeKalb County Courthouse Annex

DeKalb County Fire and Rescue Activities

DeKalb County fire engines

DeKalb County Fire Station #4

DeKalb County Fire Stations – #3 and #18

DeKalb County Grand Jury

DeKalb County Health Center

DeKalb County Jail

DeKalb County Officers

DeKalb County Police

DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department

DeKalb Health Department, Clairemont

Democratic Party- Spring Fund Raising Dinner at the Plantation House Restaurant, Stone Mountain; dated 5/19/1973

Government Employees

“Laurel” DeKalb Water Plant

Old Decatur Water Tower

Senior Connections- 5238 Peachtree Rd, Chamblee

 

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Homes and Places (A-L) / Box 11 (see also Architecture files)

 

103 Springdale Road- J.T. Wikle

141 E. Trinity Place

422/424 West Ponce de Leon Ave, “Rock House”

1848 North Decatur Road

Alston – 260 Morgan Street or 2420 Alston Drive- “Meadow Nook”

Argo- 130 Hillyer Place

Avary-Fulton- 205 S. Columbia Drive

Baldwin- 461 Oakdale Rd

Bellingrath- 217 Atlanta Avenue

Benning- Oakdale Rd

Biffle cabin

Billups cabin- Decatur

Bond, Eason M. Jackson- Rock Chapel Rd, Lithonia

Brown, Marcus L.- Clairmont Rd

Burdine- 627 Sycamore

Burgess, Edward Newton- Covington Hwy

Byrd, John Plantation- River Rd

Calhoun-Jones

Calico House

Callanwolde

Calloway House

Candler Mansion

Candler-McKinney-Clarke-146 S Candler

Carter, Jesse Gordon- Tucker

Chapmon Powell

Cheek Spruill

Chivers home, “Villa Allegra”- 339 College Ave

Clark Family- Cedar Grove Rd.

Clark, Robert E. Lee- Miller Rd

Compton, Martha Lumpkin

Death House

Durand Farm, “Hawthorn”

Evans, John and Mary

Fernbank Museum

Gay, Mary house

George, Benjamin F.- Lithonia

Goodwin- Peachtree Rd, Brookhaven

Gordon, John B.- Kirkwood

Gresham, John N.- 3300 Briarlake Rd

Hampton – 213 Hillyer Place

Harwell cabin- Decatur

Haynes, George Washington

Houston- 418 Church St

Houston Mill – Emory

Housworth cabin- S. Goddard Rd, Lithonia

Hudson, Pliney Eli- LaVista Road, Tucker

Hudson, William Guy

Jackson, Christopher Columbus- Flat Shoals Rd

Jackson, Thomas Christopher- Candler Rd

Jackson, Daniel E.- McDonough St

Johnson, George Washington

Kemp farmhouse

Kuhn estate- 1260 McLendon

Langford- Northlake

Lithonia Methodist parsonage

Lively, L.M.

Lyon Farm (near Panola Mountain)

 

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Homes and Places (M-Z) / Box 12 (see also Architecture files)

 

Mann, J.W.

(The) Manor- Stone Mountain

McCurdy, John Franklin- Stone Mountain

McCurdy, John W.- Stone Mountain

McCurdy, William Tarleton – East Mountain St, Stone Mountain

McIntosh Home

McPherson cabin

McWilliams, Morse- “Great Oaks”

Milledge house

Montgomery Home- Sycamore Street

Moore Family- Moore Rd off Bouldercrest

Moore, Samuel D.- Cedar Grove Rd

Morgan Street/Alston Dr- East Lake

Morris, John Brandon- “Cedar Grove”

Morris, John Hamilton- North Decatur Rd

Norton Home, Stone Mountain-Lithonia Road

Norton Davidson home- Lithonia; architect H.A. Rawlins

Park, Russell- 5198 Rock Springs Rd, Lithonia

Patterson home- Rehoboth

Powell, Oliver house

Ragsdale Home

Ragsdale, George W.- Lithonia

Ramspeck, George A.- East Ponce and Church St

Rowland (deJarnette) Home- 218 Barry St

Sage Home (Briarcliff/Zonolite/Sage Hill shopping ctr.)

Sams Home- College Ave (and other Sams related)

Sayward, William J.

Scott, Sycamore St (Scott Cooper)

Scott, G.W.- Clearwater, FL holiday home

Scottish Rite- West Hill St and Oakview (see also Special Collections, Scottish Rite collection, #2002.60)

Sheppard, William L.

Smith, Judge C.W., “Kildare”- 165 Whitefoord Ave NE

Smith, Tullie- 2223 N. Druid Hills Rd then Atlanta History Center, Paces Ferry

Stonehaven (Hugh Howell Jr.) (also see Venable-Howell)

Sutton-Duke Home- 209 N Candler

Swanton House- 240 Atlanta Ave, then Trinity Place

 

BOX 12A: (see also Architecture files)

 

Sycamore Street homes

Thomas/Barber cabin- Trinity Place

Thompson Family- Rockbridge Rd

Tilly, Atticus N.- Cedar Grove Rd

Towers Fowler Thompson

Trinity Place Historic complex

United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) House- 120 Avery St

Unidentified homes

Unidentified places

Venable-Howell Home- Stone Mountain (also see Stonehaven)

Walker Porter land, Mt Pleasant Baptist, Decatur

Weekes, Hamilton- Church St

White, James Monroe-White’s Mill Rd

Williams-Evans “High House”

 

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Old Courthouse / Box 13 (see also Architecture files)

 

1897-1900,  Temporary Courthouse

8×10 Photographs

Aerial Shots

Architectural Plans and Misc.

Banner Day (DeKalb Historical Society), 1991

Clocks, 1995

Confederate Memorial Day

DeKalb Historical Society Museum

Fast Food filming, 1988

Fifth Courthouse

First Courthouse replica

Fourth Courthouse

Fourth Courthouse with cupola, pre-1916 fire

Grounds,  misc

Ice Storms; 1935, 2000

Judge Tillman Tree- May 21, 1997

Negatives

Older Interior shots

Plaques

Postcards

Renovations 1 of 2

Renovations 2 of 2

Third Courthouse, 1847-1898

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Military & Markers / Box 14

 

Atlanta and Surrounds –prints from the Ed Cummins Collection-Civil War

Civil War

Confederate trenches at New Hope church-May 26, 1864

Confederate Veterans

Governor’s Horse Guards, ca 1906

Historic markers

Lawson General Hospital

Vietnam Memorial Plaque Dedication, 1986

War bond rally

World War I

World War II

World War II Decatur Service Men’s Center

World War II Georgia State Guard Unit 202

 

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Organizations & Parks / Box 15

 

Antique Lovers Club

Boy Scouts

Calhoun Band

Capital City Club, Atlanta

Civitan Club

Clarkston Grandmothers Club

Confederate Reunions and Groups

Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.)

Druid Hills Golf Club

Junior League, Nov 1996

Leadership DeKalb

Lithonia Woman’s Club

Masonic Lodge Pythagoras, Number 41

Olympics 1996

Rotary Club marker dedication, June 1996

Sacred Harp

School Safety patrol

Soapstone Ridge

Sons of the American Legion Drum and Bugle Corp (Harold Byrd Post #66; Albert Mims Wilkinson)

YMCA

 

Parks

Candler Park

Lithonia Park and Stadium

Indian Springs

Stone Mountain Park

Wade Walker Park

 

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General & Schools (A-F) / Box 16

 

Antoinette Johnson School, Oakdale Rd

Avondale Elementary and High School

Beacon School, 1962

Belmont School, Covington Highway, 1916

Bouldercrest School

Boys High School

Brookhaven Elementary

Bruce Street School, Lithonia

Chamblee High School

Charlie Brown Play School, Day Care, and Kindergarten, Lithonia, no year

Clarkston

College Heights, 1962

County Line

Decatur Academy

Decatur Board of Education

Decatur Boys High School, c. 1913

Decatur Girls High School

Decatur Girls and Boys High School, class of 1953

Decatur High School

Decatur High School, 1952-1953

Decatur High School, 1971

Decatur Schools

Decatur Superintendents

DeKalb School Slides, 1949

DeKalb Teachers

Derden, John B., East Atlanta, 1923-1924

Doraville

Druid Hills High School

Dunwoody Elementary, no year

East Lake School

Fraser, Donald

 

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Schools (G-Z) / Box 17

 

Glen Haven Elementary School

Glennwood/Glenwood Grammar/Elementary School

Herring Street School, no year

Hi Y Commercial High School

Hooper Alexander, Avondale, no year

Lithonia Elementary and High School

Lithonia Institute

Montreal School, Tucker

Murphey Candler, no year

N.S.B Boys School, Stone Mountain, no year

Oakhurst Elementary, c 1953

Oak Grove, 1927

Old Tenth Street School, Atlanta, 1900-1915

Panthersville School

Ponce de Leon Elementary

Ponce de Leon Elementary PTA

Ponce de Leon Grammar, 1930s

Powell Academy, Klondike, S. Goddard Rd

Redan School, 1914-1920s

Rehoboth

Rock Chapel School, 1940

Southwest DeKalb High School, 1930s-1940s

Stone Mountain Elementary and High School

Sylvan Hills School, Smoke Rise, no year

Thomson, W.D., 1930-1950s

Trinity High School, 1959-1966

Tucker Elementary and High School, 1900s-1930s

Unidentified

University School, Stone Mountain

Wesley Chapel School, no year

Westchester School, January 1962

Winnona Park Elementary, 1922 or 1923

 

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Schools: Colleges and Universities / Box 18

 

Agnes Scott

Agnes Scott, President Taft, 1909

Atlanta Baptist College

Columbia Theological Seminary

Emory University

Emory Village area and Emory buildings (Woodruff Library has rights)

Emory Alumni Office

Emory Glee Club

Methodist General conference (formed Emory University)

Oglethorpe University

Reform Medical College

University of Georgia, 1895-96

 

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Transportation / Box 19

 

Atlanta skyline, 1982

“Buck” Line Railroad

Buford Highway

Buggies

Chamblee depot

College Avenue

Covered Bridges

Decatur Depot, Georgia Railroad

Fire Dept, Atlanta, Engine number 10, ca. 1908

Fire Engines

Inman Yards, 1960

I-20

I-85

I-285

Locomotive, Trains

MARTA East Line, 1984

Moreland Avenue underpass, 1962

Snapfinger Creek Bridge

Stone Mountain Freeway

Stone Mountain Railway

Streetcars

Streets and Roads, miscellaneous

 

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