Flashback photos: 40 years ago, Georgia in 1977

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Many familiar landmarks you’ll see here still stand, but many do not. Some of the people are still with us, too. The fashions, thank heavens, have changed a lot. Take a look back at our city and our state as it was four decades ago.

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June 10, 1977 -- Peachtree Street in Midtown Atlanta looking north from 8th Street. Colony Square is visible at far right.

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