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bulletPiedmont Park Pictures
bulletPonce De Leon Park Pictures
bulletAnsley Park Pictures
bullet Other Historic Midtown Pictures

Most of the below pictures are from the period 1895-1930.

bulletPiedmont Park (read the park history)
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1895 Cotton States and International Exposition
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4 Great Photos from the Ellis Collection

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1895 Bird's Eye View of the Cotton States and International Exposition - this is the area that later became Piedmont Park.
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Larger Image (not recommended with slow links)

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Poster for the 1895 Exposition

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The Administration Building near the 14th St. Entrance

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Booker T. Washington's Atlanta Compromise Speech at the Opening of the Exposition, Sept. 18, 1895.

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The Midway in what is now the 10th St. area

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View from the Ferris Wheel on the Midway, looking Northwest

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The Grand Plaza - looking south from what is now the Atlanta Botanical Garden

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The Grand Plaza - looking north from what is now the center of the soccer fields
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Then and Now Comparison Images

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The Grand Plaza Terraces - looking northwest towards the Fine Arts and Government buildings from what is now the bottom of the steps between the bath house and the soccer field
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Then and Now Comparison Images

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Closer to the Fine Arts and Government Buildings
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Then and Now Comparison Images

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The Chimes Towers

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The Mock Ship
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Then and Now Comparison Images

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Seaboard Air Lines Ticket to the Cotton States Exposition added 8/25/04

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Company K 325th Infantry in the Park March 28, 1918
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Larger Image with detail of soldiers (not recommended with slow links)

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Larger image showing 1000 tents on the soccer field (not recommended with slow links)

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1912 Swimming Area and Ladies Waiting Room

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Swimming Area ~ 1930

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More Early 20th Century Views of the Lake

 

bulletPonce de Leon Park / Ponce de Leon Springs / Streetcar - this was an amusement park and trolley destination on the site of the future Sears, Roebuck building, now the Atlanta Police headquarters
bulletThe Streetcar to Ponce de Leon Springs - 1874
bulletPonce de Leon Park - 1888
bullet Ponce de Leon Park Postcard Gallery

 

bulletAnsley Park
bullet15th St. Entrance to Ansley Park, Then and Now - 1903 & 2003

 

bulletOther Historic Midtown Pictures
bulletPiedmont Driving Club - 1895
bulletPiedmont Driving Club - 1903

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