AJC Flashback Photos: July in Atlanta and Georgia

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AJC Flashback Photos: July in Atlanta and Georgia

ATLANTA HISTORY: Take a look back at some faces, places and events from the AJC Photo Archives.

1960s -- Firing the cannon, July 4th celebration at Fort McPherson.

1980 -- Sheila Richardson, widow of slain Atlanta police Officer James E. Richardson, Jr., at his funeral, Atlanta. NANCY MANGIAFICO / AJC FILE

1984 -- Three men in a rubber raft on the Chattahoochee River, Atlanta. CHERYL BRAY / AJC FILE

1981 -- Crowds in downtown Atlanta watch President Jimmy Carter in a Fourth of July parade. KENNETH WALKER / AJC FILE

1963 -- Civil rights demonstrators on Forsyth Street, Atlanta. AJC FILE

1945 -- One of the Kolomoki burial mounds near Blakely, Ga. The visitors came out from town to hear an anthropologist from the Smithsonian describe the mound builders. LANE BROS. PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION / GSU

1949 -- Original caption: "This scene at Grant Park Pool was typical as holiday crowds, pleasure-bent, splashes their way to freedom from July heat. Young, old and the in-betweens were at the pools early and stayed until the lights went out. Everybody had a good time and there were no serious casualties." TAYLOR MOORMAN / AJC FILE

1950 -- Cecil Byrd feeds the furnace at a tobacco barn. The temperature must be kept just right to make the leaves cure a rich golden color. AJC FILE

1974 -- Mourners wait outside Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta for the funeral service of Alberta Williams King. BILL WILSON / AJC FILE

1974 -- The King family and their friends during the funeral service for Alberta Williams King at Ebenezer Baptist Church. DWIGHT ROSS JR. / AJC FILE

1958 -- Elias Nour climbs the steep side of Stone Mountain. KENNETH ROGERS / AJC FILE

1981 -- Funtown Amusement Center in ruins, Atlanta. W.A. BRIDGES JR. / AJC FILE

1946 -- A child rides in a shopping cart down a grocery store aisle. AJC FILE

1941 -- A streetcar picks up passengers on a deserted night in downtown Atlanta. AJC FILE

1975 -- The starting line of the Peachtree Road Race... BILL MAHAN / AJC FILE

1975 -- ... and the runners at the back of the Peachtree pack. BILL MAHAN / AJC FILE

1968 -- Bruno Lesniak attempts to stop a freekick by Atlanta Chiefs' Brian Hughes. CHARLES BENNETT / AJC FILE

1966 -- Former Georgia Governor Ellis Arnall campaigning for governor again, Newnan. HUGH STOVALL / AJC FILE

1978 -- Atlanta Braves mascot the Bleacher Creature interacts with young Braves' fans during a game. BUD SKINNER / AJC FILE

1983 -- Hosea Williams taking notes before a speech. STEVE DEAL / AJC FILE

1974 -- Steve Whitaker sells 'Save the Fox' t-shirts outside the theater entrance. BILL MAHAN / AJC FILE

1993 -- Braves center fielder Otis Nixon scores a run during a Pirates game. JONATHAN NEWTON / AJC FILE

1982 -- The Inman Rail Yard with a view of downtown. STEVE DEAL / AJC FILE

1980 --A textile worker monitors a large roll of fabric. DWIGHT ROSS JR. / AJC FILE

1971 -- Radio host Stuart Culpepper at GSU's student run station, WRAS-FM. GARY SENSER / AJC FILE

1987 -- The view of downtown Atlanta from IBM Tower (now One Atlantic Center). RICH ADDICKS / AJC FILE

1989 -- Deco Neon employee James Ball works on restoring the Fox Theatre's sign, Atlanta. MARVIN HALL JR. / AJC FILE

1931 -- Three women stand under the "Tree that owns itself," Athens, Ga. AJC FILE

1979 -- Concertgoers watch the ASO perform in Piedmont Park. CHERYL BRAY / AJC FILE

1949 -- The front walkway to Reynolds Mansion on Sapelo Island, Ga. AJC FILE

1985 -- A lone movie goer watches "Life Force" at the Rialto Theatre in Atlanta. MICHAEL PUGH / AJC FILE

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1960s -- Firing the cannon, July 4th celebration at Fort McPherson.

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