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Flashback Photos: Atlanta's Cabbagetown in the '70s and '80s
This entry in the Flashback Photos series takes a look at Atlanta's Cabbagetown neighborhood as it was in the late 1970s and early 1980s as seen through the lenses of Atlanta Journal-Constitution photographers.
Welcome to Cabbagetown
Mildred Gilleon
On the porch
Pee Wee Phillips
Mrs. Patterson's house
Group portrait
Priscilla House
Renovation
Visiting Mrs. Patterson
Row houses
Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill
Shotgun house
Slick
Nobody home
Wayne Winntage
Here comes MARTA
Neighborhood youngsters
Along Carroll Street
Savannah Street
Fulton Girls Club
Solo stroll
Neighborhood Watch
Effie Gray
Joyce Brookshire
Fun among the ruins
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The Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill (background) began operations in 1881 on Atlanta's east side, with the Cabbagetown neighborhood populated by mill workers, mostly transplanted poor Appalachian folk, springing up around it. There are many legends as to how the name "Cabbagetown" came about, but none has been verified. The area went into decline after the mill's closure, but experienced a comeback in the early 1990s. Documented here is the Cabbagetown of the 1970s and 1980s prior to the neighborhood's renaissance.

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Vice President JD Vance speaks at ALTA Refrigeration in Peachtree City on Thursday, August 21, 2025. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)
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Cameron Young tees off on the second hole during the first round of the PGA Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club, Thursday, August 21, 2025, in Atlanta. (Jason Getz / AJC)
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Incoming students link arms in the street as part of the Parents Parting Ceremony at Morehouse University in Atlanta on Friday, August 15, 2025. (Arvin Temkar / AJC)
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Chef Craig Richards in the dining room at Elise, which took over the former space for Table 1280 at the Woodruff Arts Center. (Courtesy of Elise)
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McEachern’s Casey Barner (left) runs the ball to the end zone as Kah’Vaeir Williams (center) and Jachai Hackney block during the second half of the Corky Kell + Dave Hunter Classic on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. (Daniel Varnado for the AJC)
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