PHOTOS: Discover amazing Atlanta treasures at Atlanta History Center

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Atlanta History Center “Imagine the viewer in 1886, you’ve never seen color photographs, about the only thing that you see are woodcuts in a newspaper, black and white, still images,” the Atlanta History Center’s Gordon Jones said. “You’ve never seen anything this size. You’ve never seen films. And you walk into this space and you’re completely immersed in this scene, and you can’t see where it ends in your peripheral vision and you can’t see where it ends at the top or the bottom. You’re in the middle of the battle. You’ve never seen anything like this before.” (Jason C. Hales/Atlanta History Center)

Atlanta History Center It was built for entertaining audiences. Visiting and viewing one of these is something people did back in the late 1800s. When it toured northern regions, it showcased a northern victory, which the battle of Atlanta was. But when the traveling production turned south, the cyclorama’s tale was spun another way to showcase the Confederacy. (Jason C. Hales/Atlanta History Center)

Atlanta History Center “We’re right in front of the Atlanta History Center, in front of the Texas locomotive and right next to the zero mile post that is right here,” Hale said. “This is why Atlanta is here. We’re a railroad town, wouldn’t be here, wouldn’t have any issues with water or anything else because we wouldn’t be so high up in the Piedmont. We’re here because of the railroads and these are the two symbols of Atlanta’s beginning, right here.” (Lindsey A Miller Photography/Atlanta History Center)

Atlanta History Center “She wanted this home preserved,” the Atlanta History Center’s Jessica Vanlanduyt said. “She had close ties with people with the Atlanta Historical Society, and a little plan developed that when Emily passed, the Historical Society would ownership and purchase the home from her, from the family. So the Atlanta Historical Society purchase the home and its contents and the 28 acres and the intent was for the historical society to move in and have space to grow.” (Atlanta History Center)

Atlanta History Center “The home itself is broken up into four different floors,” Vanlanduyt said. “The main level is kind of the family’s living space. You’ll see more of the formal space of the home, those intended for entertaining and many of the contents are original to the home. So you’re experiencing the home today as the family did in the 1920s and 30s.” (Jason C. Hales/Atlanta History Center)

November 30, 2021 at 10:35 am EST

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