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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.
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.
Pamphlet, "A Gold Mine of Art on the Westside: Resources in the Booker T. Washington Cluster," Rupert Rukuumba Nedd, June 10, 1995
A pamphlet showcasing the features of the Booker T. Washington Cluster, which includes in the neighborhood of Washington Park. The content in this pamphlet was researched by Pearlie Craft Dove, a resident of Washington Park.
