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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, 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
Map, Tentative Zone Plan, Atlanta, Ga., City Planning Commission, 1922
Map showing the plans for the 1922 Atlanta racial zoning ordinance. The neighborhood of Washington Park is outlined for reference purposes.
Article, "Segregation Act Ready for Mayor," The Atlanta Georgian, June 18, 1913
Article reporting the passing of the 1913 Atlanta racial zoning ordinance
Print, Atlanta University, circa 1900, ca. 1900
Print showing the Atlanta University campus around 1900
Map Selection, Atlanta., Foote and Davies Company, 1919
Selection of a 1919 map of Atlanta showing the railroad yards in West Atlanta
Map Selection, Washington Park, Sheet 558, Atlanta Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, Volume 5, 1925
A selection from the 1925 Atlanta Sanborn Fire Insurance Map showing the location and construction status of the Washington Park recreational area.
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…
Newspaper, Historic Westside News, March/April 2021
An issue of the Historic Westside News, a publication that tells the area's history, as well as discussions on current events and conditions in the neighborhood