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Depiction of the aftermath of the catastrophic crash that occurred in 1918 on the Malborne Street subway line.

This article describes the downward spiral of the Atlanta Public School system in the 80s when it came to not only enrollment but also test scores.

Here is a photograph of two black, female students being escorted by an unmarked police car on their first day of school at Joseph E. Brown High School in Atlanta, GA on August 30, 1961.

Seen here is a group of students at the Booker T. Washington High School in the 1950s. The results of a writing contest is being announced by one of the teachers outside of the school building.

Seen here is a photograph of one of the first permanent school buildings that Boys' High School had during its height in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Sadly, this building eventually burned down in 1924.

The Battle of Atlanta was a small part of the Atlanta Campaign that went on During the American Civil War. It was fought between the Union and the Confederate troops on July 22, 1864. This artifact is consisted of several papers of the Branch Family…

This item is a group of letters written by Charles James Martin, a Confederate soldier and member of the 29th Georgia Infantry Regiment. Martin writes these letters to his family during the Atlanta Campaign. He discusses his health and the war…

Depicts the layout of the city and census type counts.

These letters were sent between four Confederate officers during the early months of 1864. Henry Constantine Wayne and Albert Cowell had to discuss the huge confusion on where to send the soldiers that were sick. This was a major problem during the…