AJC Flashback Photos: December in Atlanta and Georgia

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Flashback Photos: December in Atlanta and Georgia

Take a look back at some faces and places from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photo Archives.

Dec. 1949 -- A newscaster interviews pedestrians using the Atlanta Journal / WSB Radio station car. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Dec. 7, 1931 -- The USS Constitution (aka "Old Ironsides") arrives in Savannah during a nationwide tour. WALTER F. WINN / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Dec. 23, 1945 -- An elderly man walks down a rural road with a bucket of home-brewed persimmon beer. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Dec. 7, 1952 -- S. L. Ivy, custodial officer, works with confiscated firearms at the Atlanta Police headquarters evidence room. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Dec. 24, 1929 -- Workers examine debris from the wreck of Southern Railway's Royal Palm with the Ponce de Leon at Rockmart, Georgia. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Dec. 23, 1980 -- Mayor Maynard Jackson was Santa Claus at the Civic Center for the 2nd Annual Mayor's Christmas Party for Children W.A. BRIDGES JR. / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Dec. 8, 1940 -- E.J. Baker, of the Atlanta Fire Department's salvage and rescue squad, practicing with the department's new gun which fires a lifeline into a high window. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Dec. 14, 1980 -- Fans attempt to rush the field after the Falcons defeat the San Francisco 49ers in Atlanta. BILLY DOWNS / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Dec. 25, 1938 -- Young Paul Wooten is shown holding a toy he whittled. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Dec. 12, 1990 -- Rich's Pink Pig was moved to the "Festival of Trees" at the Georgia World Congress Center in the 1990s. It's now housed at Macy's Lenox Square. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Dec. 5, 1979 -- Herschel Walker stretches during football practice at Johnson County High in Wrightsville. J.C. LEE / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Dec. 26, 1973 -- Christmas dinner at a homeless shelter in Atlanta. BILL GRIMES / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Dec. 7, 1946 -- The fire scene at Ellis and Peachtree streets as the Winecoff Hotel goes up in flames. The blaze killed 119 people. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Dec. 1939 -- The scene outside the Georgian Terrace Hotel during the world premiere of the film Gone with the Wind in Atlanta. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Dec. 1920s -- Children surround Santa Claus as he parades through town. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Dec. 23, 1969 -- Original caption: "It is the first Christmas away from home for some hippies. Older residents will string beads for them as Christmas presents." CHARLES R. PUGH JR. / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Dec. 16, 1963 -- Martin Luther King Jr. addresses civil rights activists in Hurt Park. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Dec. 12, 1960 -- Thousands gather at Atlanta University in a group prayer before boycotting downtown retail shops. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Dec. 4, 1978 -- Players line the table at the SCLO Bingo Parlor in Atlanta. DWIGHT ROSS JR. / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Dec. 11, 1955 -- A circus performer and elephant practice before the show. FLOYD E. JILLSON / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Dec. 1930s -- Cattle are paraded outside the Georgia governor's mansion. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Dec. 1960 -- The Rev. William Holmes Borders, Sr., influential leader of the Wheat Street Baptist Church in Atlanta, speaks on a rainy night. DWIGHT ROSS JR. / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Dec. 1, 1981 -- Varsity founder Frank Gordy (right) greets customers as he did daily since 1928. W.A. BRIDGES JR. / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Dec. 3, 1950 -- Two girls take stock of a Christmas shopping doll display at an Atlanta area department store. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Dec. 6, 1962 -- Georgia Tech gymnastics team captain Joe Gatins dismounts the horizontal bar. FLOYD E. JILLSON / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Dec. 3, 1950 -- A soldier trains to become a ranger at Fort Benning. KENNETH ROGERS / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Dec. 3, 1982 -- Electrician apprentice Beatrice Andrews works with wiring at the IBEW training center in Atlanta. CHERYL BRAY / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Dec. 1972 -- Two boys do cartwheels outside the Cosby Spear Memorial Towers public housing complex in Atlanta. BILL GRIMES / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Dec. 6, 1953 -- Reporter Ken Hogg helps at the dig site of the Etowah Indian Mounds near Cartersville. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Dec. 15, 1946 -- Rows of wooden toys line a toymaker's studio. CAROLYN MCKENZIE CARTER / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

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Dec. 1949 -- A newscaster interviews pedestrians using the Atlanta Journal / WSB Radio station car. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

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