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1864 view of Whitehall Street (now Peachtree) looking south from Alabama Street.
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1870s view of Peachtree looking north from Line Street (later renamed Edgewood Avenue).

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1870s view of Peachtree looking north from Line Street (later renamed Edgewood Avenue).

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View of Atlanta’s Loew’s Grand Theatre after burning on January 30, 1978.Browse and order prints from our collection.
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View of Atlanta’s Loew’s Grand Theatre after burning on January 30, 1978.
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Early 1900s view of Atlanta’s historic Georgian Terrace Hotel.

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Early 1900s view of Atlanta’s historic Georgian Terrace Hotel.

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1974 view of Peachtree Street at Auburn Avenue.
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1974 view of Peachtree Street at Auburn Avenue.

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Then and now view of Atlanta’s historic Fox Theatre in 1962.

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Then and now view of Atlanta’s historic Fox Theatre in 1962.

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1875 view of Peachtree Street looking south from Five Points. 
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1875 view of Peachtree Street looking south from Five Points. 

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FROM THE ARCHIVES-
View of Peachtree Street in 2010 (as Greater Atlanta Magazine envisioned it in 1910).
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FROM THE ARCHIVES-

View of Peachtree Street in 2010 (as Greater Atlanta Magazine envisioned it in 1910).

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Worker preparing Atlanta’s Loew’s Grand Theater for the world premiere of Gone With the Wind on December 15, 1939.
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Worker preparing Atlanta’s Loew’s Grand Theater for the world premiere of Gone With the Wind on December 15, 1939.

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Then and now view of Atlanta’s Margaret Mitchell House after burning in 1996. This is the historic house where Gone With the Wind was written.
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Then and now view of Atlanta’s Margaret Mitchell House after burning in 1996. This is the historic house where Gone With the Wind was written.

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Then and now view of Atlanta’s Margaret Mitchell House in 1991. This is the historic house where Gone With the Wind was written.
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Then and now view of Atlanta’s Margaret Mitchell House in 1991. This is the historic house where Gone With the Wind was written.

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1940s view of Atlanta’s Davison’s department store on Peachtree Street.
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1940s view of Atlanta’s Davison’s department store on Peachtree Street.

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1898 view of streetcars on Peachtree Street. Atlanta’s First Methodist Church and DeGive’s Opera House (later known as the Loew’s Grand Theater) stand in the background.
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1898 view of streetcars on Peachtree Street. Atlanta’s First Methodist Church and DeGive’s Opera House (later known as the Loew’s Grand Theater) stand in the background.

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1890s view of Atlanta’s Capital City Club on Peachtree Street.
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1890s view of Atlanta’s Capital City Club on Peachtree Street.

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1910 view of downtown Atlanta from the corner of Marietta and Peachtree Streets.
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1910 view of downtown Atlanta from the corner of Marietta and Peachtree Streets.

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