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Flashback photos: 1979, 40 years ago in Atlanta (Part Two)
Ronald Reagan visited Atlanta just days after officially announcing his intention to run for president. Other famous names such as Harry Crews, Leontyne Price and Frank Capra were in town, too. The Falcons had Steve Bartkowski and the Braves' roster included Bob Horner and Phil Niekro. Take a journey back 40 years to Georgia and Atlanta in 1979.
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A January, 1979 photo of the Briarcliff Plaza containing the Plaza Theatre. Briarcliff Plaza is located on Ponce de Leon Avenue at Highland Avenue in the Poncey-Highland neighborhood of Atlanta. (DWIGHT ROSS JR./AJC staff)
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