Shrine banner stretching over Peachtree Street, Atlanta, 1947

Item Overview

Title

Shrine banner stretching over Peachtree Street, Atlanta, 1947

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958

Date Created

October, 1947

Date

1947-10

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of a banner stretching over Peachtree Street in Atlanta. The camera looks north up Peachtree Street. The side of a building (likely the Candler Building) stands in the foreground along the right edge. A street splitting off of Peachtree Street extends on an upward angle across the mid-ground from left to right. Street car tracks line the street. Peachtree Street enters frame from the left and extends back through center. On the intersection's corner at right, businesses stand and stretch back towards center. Their signage reads, from front to back, "[...] JEWELRY CO.," "LOEW'S GRAND," "PARAMOUNT," and a billboard atop a building reads, "Wesson Oil." Stretching over the street at center is a banner which reads, "SHRINE INDOOR 3 RING CIRCUS MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM NOV. 10 thru 18." Buildings line the left side of Peachtree Street. Signage on these buildings reads, from front to back, "PEACHTREE HATTERS," "[???] GRAND Shop HAMBURGERS HOT DOGS," "Georgia [???]," "Velvet CLUB," and "BUTLERS SHOES." Street car cables crisscross the intersection overhead. Buildings line Peachtree Street as it stretches into the distance. A tall building stands in the background at left and a water tower stands atop a building in the background at center.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2373. Eastern Trip October 1947 Atlanta 1 Peachtree street - Shrine banner 2 Mertie West on street corner Think it is Postoffice [sic] in rear 3 Mertie West crossing street to Lord's store 4 In room above Stein's Mertie West w went to have hair washed

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Location

Georgia--Atlanta

Longitude

33.757087

Latitude

84.387945

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Banners
Cities & towns--Georgia
Cityscapes
Peachtree Street (Atlanta, Ga.)