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- Collection: Washington Park Neighborhood
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Print, Atlanta University, circa 1900, ca. 1900
Print showing the Atlanta University campus around 1900
Postcard, Washington Park Entrance Sign, 2011
Modern sign for Washington Park, a historically-Black park in Atlanta
Photograph. W.L. "Bill" Calloway in front of his office building, October 8, 1982
Bill Calloway built the pictures building in 1958. His purpose for building and financing the structure was to provide medical professionals with a building, so that they would be attracted to the Washington Park community.
Photograph, William A. Harris Memorial Hospital, Undated
View of the front side of William A. Harris Memorial Hospital, which was founded by Sadie and Charles Powell in 1928.
Photograph, William A. Harris Memorial Hospital Nurses, ca. 1920s
Images of nurses who worked at William A. Harris Memorial Hospital. Julia Johnson is on the left and Lizzie Malone is on the right.
Photograph, Washington Park Tennis Center, 2011
View of the Washington Park Tennis Center as it looks today
Photograph, Washington Park swimming pool, ca. 1940
Photograph showing the pool at Washington park. The pool opened in July 1922 and was the only one constructed specifically for the Black population of Atlanta
Photograph, View of MLK Jr Drive NW with Ashby Theater in the background, ca. 1940s
View of MLK Jr Drive NW (then, Hunter Street), in which Ashby theater can be seen in the middle of the background
Photograph, Tennis Players at Washington Park Courts, Undated
Shows a group of male tennis players at Washington Park