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Photograph, Tennis Instruction at Washington Park, Atlanta, ca. 1960s
Photograph of a tennis coach teaching his students at Washington Park in Atlanta, Georgia. It is unknown if the coach is Branch Curington or not.
Photograph, Students Posing in Front of Ashby Street School, 1921
Group of students posing outside the Ashby Street School. This photograph depicts the original building, which was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1922 and 1926. The building was built anew in 1928.
Photograph, Ruby Blackburn, ca. 1920s
Photograph of a young Ruby Blackburn. Blackburn owned a beauty shop in the Washington Park neighborhood and also played an influential role as a community activist.
Photograph, Ruby Blackburn swears in poll workers at E.R. Carter Elementary School, ca. 1950s
Photograph of Ruby Blackburn, a well-established community activist in Washington Park, swearing in poll at E.R. Carter Elementary School, previously known as the Ashby Street School. Blackburn is located in the center of the image, wearing…
Photograph, Ruby Blackburn demonstrating a voting machine, 1959
Photograph showing Ruby Blackburn teaching a group of women how to use a voting machine. This was likely part of her work with the Georgia League of Negro Women Voters.
Photograph, Row of Businesses on Hunter Street (now: MLK Jr. Drive), ca. 2000
Photograph depicting many historic buildings on MLK Jr. Drive, once known as Hunter Street. From left to right the buildings are : Citizens Trust Bank, the Calloway Building, (unknown), and the former Atlanta Inquirer headquarters. Image included in…
Photograph, Portrait of Pearlie Craft Dove, 1967
Portrait of a young Pearlie Craft Dove. She was a resident of Washington Park who was committed to community service in the area.
Photograph, Man on Washington Park Tennis Courts, Undated
Shows man standing amongst tennis balls on a tennis court in Washington Park
Photograph, Little White House, Warm Springs, GA, April 2, 2006
Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Little White House in Warm Springs, Georgia
Photograph, Home of Graham W. Jackson (60 Whitehouse Dr SW), October 20, 1947
Depicts the home of Graham W. Jackson, who modeled his home after the Little White House in Warm Springs, GA. The address of the home is 60 Whitehouse Drive SW, Atlanta, GA, 30314.