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Image capture, The Atlanta Inquirer Former Headquarters (947 MLK Jr. Drive), Google Maps, December 2018
Image showing the former headquarters of the Atlanta Inquirer, a Black newspaper founded in 1960; now vacant
Image capture, Citizen's Trust Bank (965 MLK Jr. Drive), Google Maps, August 2016
Image showing a modern view of a Citizen's Trust Bank building. This building has since been repainted a light gray color.
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, 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, Washington Park Tennis Center, 2011
View of the Washington Park Tennis Center as it looks today
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, Booker T. Washington High School students admiring statue of their school's namesake, 1953
Students of Booker T. Washington High School admire a statue of Booker T. Washington, the namesake of the school. Heman Perry, founder of Standard Life Insurance Company and financier of the Washington Park Neighborhood, sold some of his land to the…
Photograph, A.T. Walden sitting at the judge's stand, 1964/5
Photograph of Walden likely taken after his appointment to the position of alternate judge of the Atlanta municipal courts in 1964.
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, 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.