AJC Flashback Photos: February in Atlanta and Georgia

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Flashback Photos: February in Atlanta and Georgia

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

Feb. 22, 1989 -- Braves outfielder Dale Murphy at spring training in Florida. WILLIAM BERRY / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Feb. 6, 1986 -- Candidate John Lewis announcing his bid for the 5th District congressional seat. JOEY IVANSCO / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Feb. 1940 -- Aerial view of Albany, Ga., after the February 10, 1940 tornado. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Feb. 15, 1985 -- Protesters attempt to block construction of Freedom Parkway in Atlanta. DWIGHT ROSS JR. / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Feb. 1949 -- The Atlantic Brewing Company's brewmaster, Alois J. Reis, testing the gas pressure in a bottle of Atlantic's 'Schweitzer-ized' beer. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Feb. 20, 1961 -- Passengers wait on the platform at the Cedartown railroad station. HENRY T. STEELY / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Feb. 10, 1981 -- Seats are nearly empty as GSU takes on South Alabama in men's basketball at The Omni, Atlanta. BILLY DOWNS / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Feb. 23, 1982 -- Jurors in the Wayne Williams murder trial view the bridge where police found murder victims dumped in the Chattahoochee River below. DWIGHT ROSS JR. / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Feb. 26, 1941 -- Rescue workers carry a badly injured Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker from the wreckage of an Eastern Airlines Mexico City Silver Sleeper which crashed near Morrow, Ga. Of the sixteen persons aboard, seven were killed. KENNETH ROGERS / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Feb. 14, 1976 -- Gregg Allman performs for Jimmy Carter's fundraising telethon. JEROME McCLENDON / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Feb. 22, 1964 -- Georgia State Representative Denmark Groover leans over the balcony of the State Capitol in an attempt to stop the clock from reaching the mandatory hour of adjournment. JOE McTYRE / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Feb. 8, 1959 -- R.R. Snodgrass and Supt. T.J. Sikes (left to right) show the new warning signs being placed at intersections downtown. CHARLES JACKSON / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Feb. 4, 1971 -- A worker examines the aftermath of an explosion at Thiokol Chemical corporation in Woodbine, Ga. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Feb. 8, 1982 -- CNN founder Ted Turner at his desk inside the CNN Center. NANCY MANGIAFICO / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Feb. 16, 1971 -- Police drag off a protester during the Broad Street Riot in Atlanta. BILL GRIMES / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Feb. 23, 1974 -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution editor Reg Murphy resting on his typewriter before completing a story on his recent kidnapping. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Feb. 7, 1980 -- Storefronts and billboards along North Highland Avenue in the Virginia-Highlands neighborhood of Atlanta. LOUIE FAVORITE / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Feb. 24, 1975 -- Sex workers from the Blue Fox hide their faces after being shut down by police. BUD SKINNER / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Feb. 2 1971 -- Music events promoter Alex Cooley, reading the anti-Pop Festival bill passed by the Georgia House of Representatives. CHARLES D. JACKSON / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Feb. 17, 1960 -- Martin Luther King, Jr. (center), his father Martin Luther King, Sr. (to left of King) and his brother Alfred Daniel Williams King (second from left) leave the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta. CHARLES PUGH / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Feb. 14, 1987 -- Pallbearers carry the coffin of slain Atlanta police officer Willie D. Cameron during his burial ceremony at Lincoln Cemetery in Atlanta. KENNETH WALKER / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Feb. 10, 1965 -- Charles Counts oversees three people throwing pots on potter's wheels in Rising Fawn, Ga. KENNETH ROGERS / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Feb. 23, 1972 -- This human-headed lion sculpture is one of the unique architectural details adorning Atlanta’s Terminal Station, which was demolished in 1972. AL STEPHENSON / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Feb. 11, 1988 -- Barbara Jordan addresses a conference on “Women and the Constitution,” including (left to right) former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, Sen. Chassler, Martha Griffiths, and Donald B. Schewe on the podium. WILLIAM BERRY / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Feb. 26, 1982 -- Atlanta Child Murders suspect Wayne Williams gives a thumbs-up as he leaves the Fulton County Courthouse. W.A. BRIDGES JR. / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Feb. 27, 1985 -- I CAN’T HEAR YOU: Ga. State Rep. Bill Lee, the constant prankster, cups his ear to hear the debate answer to a question of his colleague Rep. Jeanette Jamieson. CHERYL BRAY / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Feb. 26, 1987 -- GROUP SHOT: The wedding party line up for a formal photograph. From left, Leslie Strange, Jasmine Harley, Whitney Hess, Donovan Harrell, Stacy Johnson, Crystal Caesar, Garry Bowden, Patrick Howell and Stephen Baisch. DWIGHT ROSS JR. / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Feb. 14, 1974 -- An employee handles high-speed work at the West Point-Pepperell cloth plant. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Feb. 24, 1982 -- Crowds line up outside the Fulton County Courthouse to enter the Wayne Williams trial. W.A. BRIDGES JR. / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

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Feb. 22, 1989 -- Braves outfielder Dale Murphy at spring training in Florida. WILLIAM BERRY / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

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