- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- MARTA Meeting, circa 1972
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1972
- Subject:
- African Americans--1970-1980
Meetings--Georgia--Atlanta
Transportation--Georgia--Atlanta
Business people--Georgia--Atlanta
Conference rooms
Interiors--Georgia--Atlanta
Suits (Clothing)--1970-1980
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
AFL-CIO. Atlanta Labor Council
Hill, Jesse, 1927-
Wright, John - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of Jesse Hill, Jr. (right), a prominent Atlanta businessman and a member of the board of directors of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), and fellow MARTA board member John Wright (left) of the Atlanta Labor Council at a MARTA committee meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) is the principle rapid transit system for the city of Atlanta, and outlying counties. MARTA was established in 1965 by an act of the Georgia General Assembly. In 1972 MARTA purchased the Atlanta Transit System and took control of the area's bus transportation. Construction began on a rapid rail system in 1975 with the first rail service commencing in 1979. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 101.463.003
ahc101463003.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/1659
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:1659/manifest.json
- Extent:
- 35 mm black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- MSS 602, Boyd Lewis Papers, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
