AJC Flashback Photos: January in Atlanta and Georgia

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Flashback Photos: January in Atlanta and Georgia

Take a look back at some faces, places and events from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photo Archives.

January 31, 1908 -- Men and a dog surrounding a street car after an ice storm, Gainesville, Ga. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

January 31, 1908 -- Gainesville is nearly deserted after the 1908 ice storm. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

January 25, 1970 -- After six years as an all-male unit, the Georgia Military College cadet squadron of the Civil Air Patrol has enlisted its first girl cadet. She is Andrea McNabb and she is being congratulated by Col. W.H. Rodimon, president of GMC, while Lt. Col. James Pope, a faculty adviser, looks on. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

January 25, 1942 -- A flock of starlings circling the dome of the State Capitol. The birds spend an hour or so visiting from the Capitol to the Courthouse and City Hall every evening before settling down for the night. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

January 1975 -- Julian Bond (right) declares Mayor Maynard Jackson victorious over boxer Muhammad Ali, Atlanta. BILLY DOWNS / AJC FILE

January 1930 -- Convicted murderer Richard "Dapper Dick" Gallogly reads his statement to the jury during trial, Fulton Superior Court, Atlanta. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

January 5, 1961 -- Boxhead Turner (left), Clarence Perry (center), and Claude E. Mundy, Atlanta, Georgia police officers in 1950s photograph. Mundy was the first Atlanta African American police officer to be killed in the line of duty. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

January 26, 1940 -- The biggest snow in Atlanta's history -- 8.3 inches -- fell on January 23, 1940. The city was almost paralyzed. One telegraph messenger solved his problem by coming to work on skis. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

January 1947 -- Coin-toss game in the general store, Young Harris. CAROLYN McKENZIE CARTER / AJC FILE

January 14, 1951 -- Steel workers stare into the flames of a furnace at the Atlantic Steel Company near downtown. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

January 2, 1953 -- Traffic jams up on Marietta Street at the Forsyth Street intersection in Atlanta. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

January 1949 -- Actor Bob Hope reads an article about himself as Doris Day looks on. The stars were visiting the then-new Atlanta Journal building. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

January 31, 1978 -- Smoke billows from the Loew's Grand Theatre while firefighters attempt to put out the fire. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

January 13, 1993 -- After being damaged during a severe storm, the Big Chicken is pared down to a skeleton as repairs begin. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

January 9, 1957 -- African American men in Atlanta prepare to board a segregated bus in an act of civil disobedience. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

January 3, 1981 -- Volunteers search for the missing and murdered children of Atlanta. CHARLES R. PUGH JR. / AJC FILE

January 1961 -- Hamilton Holmes, accompanied by his lawyer Donald L. Hollowell (right) and the Rev. Williams, exits campus through the famed arch at the University of Georgia in Athens. DWIGHT ROSS JR. / AJC FILE

January 7, 1945 -- A visiting nurse talks with a group of children in a rural area of Georgia. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

January 7, 1945 -- A woman street car operator preps her trolley for work. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

January 1966 -- Reverend Ralph David Abernathy (left) tours an Atlanta slum area with Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. BILLY DOWNS / AJC FILE

January 1971 -- Children unpack as they move into an Atlanta Housing Authority mobile home. HUGH STOVALL / AJC FILE

January 27, 1976 -- Cars move along a rainy downtown Atlanta street at night. BILL MAHAN / AJC FILE

January 4, 1985 -- Prince and the Revolution perform at the Omni during the Purple Rain tour. W.A. BRIDGES JR. / AJC FILE

January 1, 1961 -- Members of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team pour bottles of Coca-Cola over teammate Roger Kaiser after a victory. CHARLES R. PUGH JR. / AJC FILE

January 19, 1971 -- WRAS-FM General Manager Richard Belcher (seated), Public Affairs Director Bill Skutt (left) and News Director Jim Bryan work in the studio at Georgia State University. At the time, WRAS was a 19,500-watt station. BILL WILSON / AJC FILE

January 5, 1978 -- The Sex Pistols perform live for the first time in America at The Great Southern Music Hall in Atlanta. MICHAEL CRAIN / AJC FILE

January 9, 1978 -- Jimmie Sheehan relaxes on the porch of Moore Brothers General Merchandise in Raytown, Ga. BOB HARRELL / AJC FILE

January 1944 -- Film star Jane Withers, an Atlanta native, visited Rich's department store to promote the fourth war bond drive. She’s seen here with Walter Rich. KAY CAIN / AJC

January 23, 1981 -- Police help Helen Pue, mother of Missing and Murdered Children victim Terry Pue, into her apartment. GEORGE A. CLARK / AJC FILE

January 29, 1981 -- Original caption: "Atlanta police have tried to clear neighborhoods such as this one on Peachtree Street. But many of the hookers merely moved to other areas, including Grant Park, Stewart-Lakewood and Virginia-Highland." AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

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January 31, 1908 -- Men and a dog surrounding a street car after an ice storm, Gainesville, Ga. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

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