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Flashback Photos: More 1981, 40 years ago in Georgia, Part Two
Broad Street was about to get a makeover and the Southern Bell building made it's debut. Steve Bartkowski was with the Falcons and Dominque Wilkins was at UGA. And the AJC profiled the Braves' No. 1 fan, Pearl Sandow, who was in her early 80s at the time. Take a look back at 1981 in Georgia, and then check out the first part of our series of photos from 1981, too.
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Plaza Drugs, seen here in December 1981, has been an Atlanta landmark since 1951. This photo was taken by former AJC staff photographer Ray West, the father of Kanye West. (Ray West/AJC staff)
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