Flashback Photos: The CDC in Atlanta

Flashback Photos

The Centers for Disease Control, founded here in 1946 as the Communicable Disease Center, originally focused on malaria control but now handles a wide range of public health issues.

The CDC is a spider web of buildings and laboratories. Here is the main building on Clifton Road near Emory University. NONA BOYD / AJC FILE

1983 -- Viola K. Vaughn checks a specimen at the CDC's Data and Specimen Handling Lab. CHERYL BRAY / AJC FILE

1967 -- Dr. Roslyn Robinson conducts a study at the Centers for Disease Control. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

1955 -- An aerial view of the future Center for Disease Control site near Emory University. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

1970 -- CDC Deputy Director Dr. James Mason and Dr. F. Robert Freckleton work on a Rubella vaccine program for children. GARY SENSER / AJC FILE

1970 -- Original caption: "Six-year-old Sharon Byrd of Decatur is one of 60 million kids to face the Rubella zap gun." GARY SENSER / AJC FILE

1988 -- Medical technologist Gilder Perez wears protective clothing during a demonstration tour at the U.S. Center for Disease Control's then-new $23 million virology lab. RICH ADDICKS / AJC FILE

1990 -- Original caption: "Police stand in front of the Centers for Disease Control on Clifton Road as gay activists from the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power stage a 'die-in' to protest the CDC's handling of the AIDS crisis." JOHN SPINK / AJC FILE

1970 -- Three-year-old James Byrd of Decatur gave it his all, but ended up getting a shot of Rubella vaccine anyway. GARY SENSER / AJC FILE

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The Centers for Disease Control, founded here in 1946 as the Communicable Disease Center, originally focused on malaria control but now handles a wide range of public health issues. In this 1988 photo, Bertha Farrah, left, and Gilda Perez, medical technologists at the CDC virology lab, work in the maximum containment lab for the most dangerous viruses. The pair work wearing 15-pound laminated plastic suits connected to oxygen lines. RICH ADDICKS / AJC FILE

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