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[Exterior view of houses along unpaved street, Greensferry Ave., N.W., Atlanta, Georgia] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Exterior view of houses along unpaved street, Greensferry Ave., N.W., Atlanta, Georgia], [1899 or 1900] — historic photograph
[Exterior view of houses along unpaved street, Greensferry Ave., N.W., Atlanta, Georgia], [1899 or 1900]. Historic photograph from the Atlanta collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with [Exterior view of houses along unpaved street, Greensferry Ave., N.W., Atlanta, Georgia], a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Exterior view of houses along unpaved street, Greensferry Ave., N.W., Atlanta, Georgia]

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A dirt road on Greensferry Avenue in northwest Atlanta, lined with modest houses set close together, is the particular scene here. The picture belongs to a set of photographs of Black life in Georgia that W.E.B. Du Bois assembled around 1900, largely with students and staff from Atlanta University, for the Paris Exposition that year. The series aimed to counter stereotypes by documenting homes, schools, churches and businesses in everyday detail, and this street scene is worth a close look for what it shows about a working neighborhood at the turn of the century.

Created / published[1899 or 1900]
Medium1 photographic print : gelatin silver.
GenreGelatin silver prints 1890-1900.
NotesIn album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 296. A microfilm surrogate is also available. Forms part of: Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsAfrican Americans--Structures--Georgia--Atlanta--1890-1900. Houses--Georgia--Atlanta--1890-1900. Streets--Georgia--Atlanta--1890-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,281 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-200813

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