Flashback Photos: East Point through the years

Flashback Photos

Flashback Photos: East Point through the years

Take a look back at some of the people and places in this metro Atlanta city via the AJC Photo and Lane Bros. Photo Archives.

March 1955 -- Businesses along Main Street include the East Point Department Store (left) and King Hardware Co. TRACY O'NEAL PHOTOS / GSU

May 1970 -- Original caption: "Members of Tri-Cities Girls Club Are Ready For Puppet Show: Marsha Hudson, Cindy Strickland, Donna Davis, Cindy Hudson (L-R)." CHUCK VOLLERTSEN / AJC FILE

February 1962 -- Downtown East Point: The new First Federal Savings and Loan Association building is completed. LANE BROS. PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION / GSU

February 1962 -- Young men from the nearby Georgia Military Academy (now the site of Woodward Academy) make deposits at the new First Federal Savings and Loan Association building. LANE BROS. PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION / GSU

May 1948 -- A WBGE radio reporter interviews a woman outside Economy Auto Stores in East Point. The Fairfax Theater sign and marquee is shown in the background. LANE BROS. PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION / GSU

December 1960 -- Downtown East Point: Construction begins on the new First Federal Savings and Loan Association building. LANE BROS. PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION / GSU

July 1927 -- At the time, this was the new East Point substation for the Georgia Power Company. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

May 1949 -- Zimmerman Manufacturing in East Point. LANE BROS. PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION / GSU

1950s -- Downtown East Point on West Cleveland Avenue: East Point Pharmacy, First Federal Savings and City Hardware (left to right) are shown. LANE BROS. PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION / GSU

February 1940 -- H.B. Christian, of the East Point Fire Department, watches the city's 29-year-old fire engine which pumped 1,295,000 gallons in 91 hours. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

1930 -- As late as 1930, former slave houses stood in East Point. This one, among fifteen such huts just off Washington Street, was torn down. WALTER FRANK WINN / AJC FILE

December 1956 -- The old East Point water tower. LANE BROS. PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION / GSU

May 1953 -- Charles Rawson and Associates present an award at an East Point school. LANE BROS. PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION / GSU

April 1952 -- Kroger's facilities in the East Point industrial area. LANE BROS. PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION / GSU

1967 -- The Bonterra Nursing Home, located on Felton Drive. TRACY O'NEAL PHOTOS / GSU

January 1953 -- A representative of the YMCA's South Fulton Branch chats with the East Point mayor. LANE BROS. PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION / GSU

July 1946 -- Actor Bob Hope visits the East Point Motor Company. LANE BROS. PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION / GSU

December 1960 -- Downtown East Point: The old First Federal Savings and Loan Association building was located directly across from the site of the new construction. LANE BROS. PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION / GSU

May 1955 -- Stephen F. Whitman and son attend the company's opening for its new building in the East Point industrial area. (It was located on the somewhat cheekily-named Sampler Avenue.) LANE BROS. PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION / GSU

October 1962 -- The One Hour Martinizing dry cleaning store on Headland Drive. TRACY O'NEAL PHOTOS / GSU

1960 -- WSB's Bill Foster, with portable recorder, interviews a woman holding a bag of groceries during WSB Radio's Pop Call Valiant contest. They stand in front of a Plymouth Valiant with lettering on the side and a sign on its roof. The side reads: Win this... WSB Radio "Pop Call" Valiant from Westbrook Motors in East Point. BROADCASTING COLLECTIONS AT GSU

1954 -- The East Point Western Auto store. TRACY O'NEAL PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION AT GSU

1948 -- Women board the East Point-College Park trolley bus. LANE BROS. PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION / GSU

May 1953 -- The Atlanta Gas Equipment store at 604 Main Street. LANE BROS. PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION / GSU

May 1948 -- A WBGE radio mobile unit automobile is parked outside Main Street businesses. LANE BROS. PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION / GSU

1940s -- Businesses along White Way include Anderson's Cafeteria and Suburban Electric Company. LANE BROS. PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION / GSU

November 1983 -- East Point Mayor Walt Ponder (left) and MARTA board chairman Clay Long help pull down an old water tower to make way for the rail line being built along the Main Street railroad tracks. STEVE DEAL / AJC FILE

November 1983 -- The water tower falls. STEVE DEAL / AJC FILE

Dan McDuffie and Sparks Tribble, who made up the entire East Point Fire Department at the time, pose for their photograph back in 1911 on Main Street. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

1940s -- The Chicken Board Feed Store, located on Lyle Street in East Point. LANE BROS. PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION / GSU

September 1969 -- The massive Federal Records Center, located on St. Joseph Avenue, was a landmark of the Colonial Hills area for decades. TRACY O'NEAL PHOTOS / GSU

April 1950 -- One of Colonial Stores' many Atlanta-area markets, located in East Point. LANE BROS. PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION / GSU

February 1954 -- The Zellner Transfer Company warehouse, another of East Point's longtime landmarks. TRACY O'NEAL PHOTOS / GSU

November 1952 -- Oliver Electronics in East Point. LANE BROS. PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION / GSU

May 1940s -- A used cars lot on Main Street in East Point. LANE BROS. PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION / GSU

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March 1955 -- Businesses along Main Street include the East Point Department Store (left) and King Hardware Co. TRACY O'NEAL PHOTOS / GSU

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