Atlanta History

ATLANTA HISTORY

 

Archive Atlanta 

A collection of podcasts about various topics relating to the history of Atlanta 

ATL History 

A blog on various topics relating to Atlanta history and development. 

The 1906 Race Riot: An Explanatory Timeline 

A site by the Coalition to Remember. 

 

Discover Atlanta 

https://discoveratlanta.com/ 

An Atlanta resource. 

 

Atlanta Railroad Depots 

https://railfanning.org/2018/10/remembering-atlantas-railroad-stations-of-yesteryear-and-one-from-today/This site provides links as reminders of Atlanta’s railroading past. 

 

Timeline of Atlanta History 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Atlanta 

A chronology of the history of Atlanta 

 

Atlanta Time Machine 

http://atlantatimemachine.com/ 

Then-and-now photos of Atlanta over time, with postcards, advertisements and inks to other unique resources. 

 

Barnard's Photographic Views of the Sherman Campaign  

https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlbp_zlbp?canvas=0&x=4750&y=3713&w=24784 

George Barnard’s photographs of the Atlanta Campaign courtesy of the Digital Library of Georgia.  

 

Century-Old Race Riot Still Resonates in Atlanta 

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6106285 

Links to the National Public Radio story on the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot. 

 

 

History of Atlanta 

https://www.culturefrontier.com/history-of-atlanta/ 

A quick history of Atlanta. 

 

Defending Home and Hearth 

http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/104/ 

Walter White Recalls the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot. 

 

The Cotton States and International Exposition 

https://americasbesthistory.com/wfatlanta1895.html 

An introduction to the Cotton States International Exposition. 

 

Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills Strike 

https://exhibit-archive.library.gatech.edu/fulton_bag/history.html 

This site provides an in depth look at the 1914-1915 strike. 

 

History of the Atlanta Airport 

http://www.sunshineskies.com/atlanta.html 

Information courtesy of the Sunshine Skies web site detailing the history of the Atlanta Airport. 

 

Leo Frank 

http://murderpedia.org/male.F/f/frank-leo.htm 

A detailed examination of the murder of Mary Phagan and the prosecution of Leo Frank, with links to photos and other material. 

 

Lost Atlanta: The Way We Were 

https://www.google.com/search?q=Lost+Atlanta%3A+The+Way+We+Were&rlz=1C1GCEJ_enUS916US916&oq=Lost+Atlanta%3A+The+Way+We+Were&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCDEyMzdqMGo0qAIAsAIB&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&ip=1&vld=cid:8b1c1021,vid:i6C0203voQ8,st:0 

A link to the Georgia Public Broadcasting documentary film on Atlanta in the 1930s and 1940s. 

 

Olympic Games – 1996 

https://www.olympic-museum.de/o-reports/olympic-games-official-report-1996.phpThe Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games 

 

 

Streetcars in Atlanta 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetcars_in_Atlanta 

A brief history of Atlanta’s streetcars. 

 

 

The Temple Bombing: 1958 

https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/temple-bombing/  

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