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Map, Damage to Atlanta After Great Fire of 1917, Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal, May 25, 1917
Map published showing the damage to a large amount of land in the city of Atlanta after the Great Fire of 1917. Reports from the time estimated that 73 blocks were completely destroyed and that 5,000-10,000 people were subsequently left homeless.
Map, Washington Park Neighborhood Area (Sheets 557, 558), Atlanta Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps Volume 5, 1925
A selection from the 1925 Atlanta Sanborn Fire Insurance Map showing the layout of the Washington Park Neighborhood. Many historical landmarks can be seen
Article, "'Dream House vision revived," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, July 11, 2005
Article discussing the refurbishment of the former Heman Perry "Dream House" located in the Washington Park neighborhood
Cover Illustration,”Massacre de Negres dans les Rues D’Atlanta [Massacre of Negroes in
the Streets of Atlanta],” Le Petit Parisien, October 14, 1906
This Paris publication shows an imagined scene of the Atlanta Race Riot, which took place in late September 1906.