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Lackland Pharmacy Interior

Date: 03 16 1946
Description: Thomas Lackland, proprietor of Lackland Pharmacy, poses with a clerk behind a well-stocked counter, full of a variety of personal hygiene items.
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Atlanta City Garage

Date: 04 08 1935
Description: R.B. Jett, manager of the Atlanta City Garage, stands next to a truck marked "47". A man seated in the driver's seat looks out from the truck's window.
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International Truck Sales Managers

Date: 1935
Description: Mercer Lee, branch manager of the Atlanta trucks sales organization, looks down at J.N. Martin, motor truck sales manager, from a flight of stairs.
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Super A Tractor and Planter

Date: 1952
Description: View towards a man, J.L. Aldrige, using a McCormick Farmall Super A tractor with a A-178 planter to work in a field. The original caption reads: "J.L. Aldr...
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American Bakeries Company Truck

Date: 04 08 1935
Description: An International truck used by the American Bakeries Company parked alongside a road near an overpass. The text on the truck reads: "Merita Bread, Cake" an...
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Union Membership Drive

Date: 1952
Description: United Packinghouse Workers of America members at the Armour plant in Atlanta check membership cards in an effort to bring 100 percent membership into loca...
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Pickets in Uniform

Date: 05 1948
Description: The message of United Packinghouse Workers of American picketers gained force when members who were veterans wore their uniforms. One picket sign reads "We...
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Atlanta Stewards Training

Date: 1947
Description: A stewards' training class conducted by local 108 of the United Packinghouse Workers of America.
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All CIO Made

Date: 10 1948
Description: The Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) booth at the Southeastern World's Fair in Atlanta featured local products made by CIO members. Visitors to t...
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Labor Action at White Provisions

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Description: Two representatives of the Georgia CIO, C.H. Gillman and Loren Nelleo, visiting with strikers at the Swift company's White Provisions plant. The strikers w...
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Loading Naval Stores

Date: 1910
Description: View of a dock, as naval stores are being loaded on a ship. Workers are on board the ship and on the dock, surrounded by cargo. Caption reads: "Loading Nav...
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Picking Cotton

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Description: A group of agricultural workers picking cotton in a field.
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A Boom Scene of Timbers On a River

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Description: View across water toward men standing and working on logs in the middle of the river. Booms help to collect the logs that are shipped down river from the f...
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A Boom Scene with Timbers

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Description: Elevated view of two men standing on log booms which cover much of the river's surface. In the background are trees and a bridge.
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Composite Views of a Georgia Ferry and a Chain Gang

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Description: Two views, one of a ferry and the other of a chain gang. The ferry operator poses with a man in his carriage on the ferry, with trees in the background. Th...
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Beach and Swimming Pool

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Description: Elevated view down boardwalk toward people swimming and sunbathing on a beach, while others on the right are using a swimming pool located near the boardwa...
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City of Atlanta, GA No. 1

Date: 1866
Description: Elevated view of the ruins of the railroad roundhouse, with the city in the background. Men are posing on the train cars and engines.
Plate 45
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Bank of Arlington

Date: 1910
Description: Two cars park in front of the Bank of Arlington and other small businesses. The bank was built in 1900.
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Bank of Arlington

Date: 1910
Description: An automobile and pedestrians pass the Bank of Arlington, built in 1900, on Main Street. Other commercial buildings stand nearby.
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Campbell Coal Company Truck

Date: 1939
Description: A man standing on a large pile of coal uses a rake to load coal onto the bed of an International D-30 truck owned by Campbell Coal. The driver's side door ...

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