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Renzo Piano discussing his design for Atlanta's High Museum of Art
Architect Renzo Piano on his design for the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, from the...
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downtown Atlanta
A view of downtown Atlanta, Georgia, at sunset. Atlanta is the state capital and...
© Noah Densmore—iStock/Getty Images
Confederate fort on Peach Tree Street in Atlanta, Georgia
View from a Confederate fort on Peach Tree Street, Atlanta, Georgia, looking south,...
National Archives, Washington, D.C. (NAID: 533414)
Union troops attacking Atlanta during the American Civil War
Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman's troops bombarding Atlanta in 1864 during the American...
U.S. Army Signal Corps
Cotton States and International Exposition of 1895
An aerial view of the Cotton States and International Exposition held in Atlanta...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (reproduction no. LC-DIG-ppmsca-44783)
Ebenezer Baptist Church
The sign outside Ebenezer Baptist Church on Auburn Avenue in Atlanta. The church...
Kelly vanDellen/Alamy
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s childhood home in Atlanta
Martin Luther King, Jr., was born in this house on Auburn Avenue. The neighborhood...
Robert Wallwork/Alamy
1973 election of Maynard Jackson as mayor of Atlanta
Maynard Jackson and his wife, Bunnie, celebrating his victory in the 1973 election...
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Atlanta, Georgia
Map of Atlanta, Georgia.
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skyline of Atlanta
Atlanta is Georgia's largest city, and it is the principal trade and transportation...
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Planes at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
Planes operated by Delta Airlines, which is headquartered in Atlanta, at Hartsfield-Jackson...
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World of Coca-Cola in Atlanta
The entrance to World of Coca-Cola, a museum operated by the Coca-Cola Company in...
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Commencement ceremony at Morehouse College
Graduates of Morehouse College, a historically Black college for men in Atlanta,...
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Emory University
Candler Library, Emory University, Atlanta.
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An Atlanta United home game
Fans celebrating a goal scored by Atlanta United in Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium...
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An Atlanta Braves home game
The Atlanta Braves began playing in a new stadium in metropolitan Atlanta, north...
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Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter at the Carter Presidential Center
Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter touring the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum...
The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library
The Cyclorama at the Atlanta History Center
The building at the Atlanta History Center that houses the Cyclorama, a vast painting...
© Jeff Greenberg—Universal Images Group/Getty Images
Atlanta Jazz Festival
A concert at Atlanta's Piedmont Park in 2018 during the city's annual jazz festival.
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effects of the Atlanta Campaign
Remains of the railroad depot in Atlanta in 1866, years after the Atlanta Campaign...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (reproduction no. LC-DIG-ppmsca-18960)
View of Atlanta, Georgia; photograph by George...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Turkish style
Turkish-style Fox Theatre in Atlanta.
Daniel Mayer
Peachtree Center, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.; in the foreground is the sculpture Early...
© Carl Purcell
Atlanta
The skyline of Atlanta, Ga.
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Atlanta
The skyline of Atlanta, Ga.
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Atlanta: Whitehall Street, 1864
Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Georgia. A typical commercial street in the American South...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (reproduction no. LC-B8171-3608 LC)
American Civil War destruction
Destruction of a rolling mill and a Confederate ordnance train on the Georgia Central...
National Archives, Washington, D.C. (NAID: 533417)
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