Landmark buildings in Atlanta, Georgia. The Judicial Council building, (234 Washington St SW entrance) and Paul D. Coverdell Legislative Office (244 Washington St SW entrance). Detail of the Georgia State Capitol dome and statue of Miss Freedom. Georgia State Capitol front entrance, with the Thomas E. Watson statue seen in front (Capitol Square SW, Atlanta, GA 30334.) Men board a bus across from the Judicial Council building. Women cross cross Central Ave SW at Mitchell St SW near the Atlanta City Hall building (68 Mitchell St., SW, GA 30303) Standard Oil sign hangs near the traffic light. A traffic cop directing traffic. A woman holding a bouquet waits to cross Central Ave SW. Cars driving on a street. A woman in sunglasses crosses the street. Cars move along in traffic in front of SanFax Sanitary supplies office. Passengers board a bus with a Pepsi Cola logo on the front. Parking lot sign with Coca-Cola logo hangs near bus stop. An African American man observes the street. Women waiting at an intersection.
An Atlanta police car turns onto Butler Street (now Jesse Hill Jr. Drive) from Hunter Street (now Martin Luther King Jr. Drive) and drives past the Fulton County Jail also known as the Fulton Tower at 208 Butler Street. View of the Georgia State Capitol (Capitol Square SW, Atlanta). Entrance to the Fulton County Jail at 208 Butler. Visiting hours for “whites” and “coloreds” are on display at the entrance, also known as "colored signs" or Jim Crow statutes. Sign reads “Colored visiting hours Saturdays 9 AM to 12 PM Children under 13 years of age not permitted”. Another sign reads “White visiting hours Sundays 9 AM to 12 PM Children under 13 years of age not permitted”. A door with writing that reads “Don’t block door you”. View of the tower at Fulton County Jail. Cars pass by the Georgia State Capitol. An African-American man walks down the steps outside a neoclassical mansion in Atlanta.
The Dawg House restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia. Sign hanging in storefront reads “The noblest of all animal is the dog- and the noblest of all dogs is the hot dog- it feeds the hand that bites it – Leo Aikman”. Pedestrians crossing the Forsyth Street at intersection with Peachtree St. in front of the Arthur Murray dance studio. Billboard on top of building reads “Miami New Everglades Hotel”. Cars stopping for pedestrians to cross Forsyth. Pedestrians in early 1960s fashions walk past a hat boutique. A Hoover truck is parked on the street. A woman crosses the street while holding her toddler son. View of downtown Atlanta as seen from a moving car. S.H. Kress department store and Baker’s Shoes shop on Broad Street.
Waluhaje Apartments, a segregated housing complex built by for African-American developer Walter H. "Chief" Aiken, in Atlanta, Georgia. (239 W Lake Ave NW, Atlanta, GA 30314, USA). A Black woman carries books while walking. Two African American women walk out of the main entrance of Waluhaje Apartments. Sign reads “Waluhaje Apartments 239”. Waluhaje Apartment front entrance as seen inside the lobby. Tenants walking into apartment front door. Rear view of two women walking out of the apartment front entrance. A man with his young daughter walk through the front door.
Inside the Citizens Trust Bank in Atlanta, Georgia, the first African American-owned bank to join the Federal Reserve bank. This is likely the Westside Office (Westside Branch 965 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Atlanta, GA 30314). Paintings depicting major Atlanta buildings hang behind bank tellers. Lorimer D. Milton, Citizens Trust's president and chief executive officer, is interviewed.
People at the entrance of Carnegie Library of Atlanta (126 Carnegie Way, Atlanta, GA,) A man walks out of library front entrance. Front entrance inscription reads “Virgil”, “Carnegie” and “Dante”. A man and a girl walk out of the entrance. Entrance inscription reads “Library”. Street sign reads “Forsyth St. Peachtree St. N.W.”. Women crossing the street in front of Carnegie Library of Atlanta, demolished in 1977.
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