Atlanta Journal Building

Date:

1883

URL at Partner site:

http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/746

DLG URL:

https://dlg.usg.edu/record/geh_athpc_746

Subject:

Buildings--Georgia--Atlanta, Facades--Georgia--Atlanta, Newspapers--Georgia--Atlanta, Newspaper industry--Georgia--Atlanta, Pedestrians--Georgia--Atlanta, Horses--Georgia--Atlanta, Carriages and coaches--1880-1890, and Atlanta Journal (Firm)

Spatial coverage:

United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 and United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, South Broad Street, 33.75243, -84.392807

Medium:

photographs

Description:

View of the exterior of the seond home of the Atlanta Journal newspaper, on South Broad Street between the railroad and Alabama Street in downtown Atlanta, Georgia.||The Atlanta Journal was first published in 1883 by Atlanta attorney Edward Hoge. In 1887, Hoge sold the paper to fellow attorney and future Georgia Governor Hoke Smith. In 1939 the paper was sold to Ohio is_part_of James Cox, who in 1950 also bought the Atlanta Constitution. The two newspapers merged in 1982 to form the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Holding Institution:

Atlanta History Center

Collection:

Atlanta History Photograph Collection

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/