Gallery: Memories of Moreland Avenue, 1940s-1991

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Flashback photos: Memories of Moreland Avenue, 1940s-1991

Once known as County Line Road, a big chunk of historic Moreland Avenue marks the border between Fulton and DeKalb counties.

Moreland Avenue and Euclid Avenue in the 1940s. LBGPNS8-085a, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

Moreland Avenue and Euclid Avenue in the 1940s. LBGPNS8-085b, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

Moreland Avenue at Little Five Points in August 22, 1977. AJC file.

From the back of the original photo, which was taken in February 1959: "MORELAND AVENUE UNDERPASS SHOWS SIGNS OF FOUR-LANE EXTENSIONS, Excavation of Right-of-Way done, Grading and Surfacing will follow." Photo: Bill Wilson/AJC

A man leaving the Little Five Points Pub, August 23, 1978. AJC file.

Catfish King Restaurant (at 3226 Moreland Avenue S.E.), Conley, Georgia, February 1963. N10-23_a, Tracy O'Neal Photographic Collection, 1923-1975, Photographic Collection. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

Citizens and Southern Bank, Moreland Avenue, sometime in the late 1940s or early 1950s. LBGPF8-062k, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

Grant's (W. T. Grant Company) store opening, Moreland Plaza, in November 1959. LBCB121-120a, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

In 1947, the murder of farmer's wife Jeanette Reyman rocked Atlanta. This is the pickup truck in which her body was found on Moreland Avenue. N02-31_a, Tracy O'Neal Photographic Collection, 1923-1975, Photographic Collection. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

Moreland Avenue and McDonough Boulevard in February 1955. LBGPNS7-170b, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

Moreland Avenue and McDonough Boulevard in February 1955. LBGPNS7-170a, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

Memorial Drive and Moreland Avenue in February 1952. LBGPNS7-214a, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

Moreland Avenue in February 1955. LBGPNS8-082b, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

Moreland Avenue at Moreland Drive in February 1955. LBGPNS8-082c, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

Moreland Avenue at Moreland Drive in February 1955. LBGPNS8-082a, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

The intersection of Ponce de Leon and Moreland Avenues, November 14, 1991. Rich Mahan/AJC

Exterior of the Wax-n-Facts record store, July 24, 1983. Charles R. Pugh Jr./AJC

Moreland Avenue Baptist Church in May 1952. LBGPF2-047a, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

452 Moreland Avenue in November 1951. LBGPNS8-076a, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

1550 Moreland Avenue S.E. in July 1954. LBGPNS8-078a, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

Moreland Avenue at Moreland Drive in February 1955. LBGPNS8-082d, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

Moreland Avenue at North Avenue and Fairview in March 1956. LBGPNS8-083b, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

Moreland Shopping Center in October 1959. LBGPF1-131a, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

Standard Oil station, Moreland Avenue and Glenwood Avenue in February 1956. LBGPNS7-209b, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

Texaco Station at Moreland and Confederate avenues in July 1941. LBGPNS8-080c, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

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Moreland Avenue and Euclid Avenue in the 1940s. LBGPNS8-085a, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

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