AJC Flashback Photos: October in Atlanta and Georgia

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Flashback Photos: October in Atlanta and Georgia

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

The "Much Ado About Midtown" festival, a two-day bash featuring an array of artists and performers, started Saturday in a two-block-square area in Atlanta's Midtown. Ann Cramer, dodges balloons as she walks up Peachtree Street with her daughter, Megan. Photo taken October 16, 1982. (Nick Arroyo/AJC staff)

Oct, 1973 - Atlanta, Ga - Maynard Jackson hugs his mother, Dr. IRene Dobbs Jackson, and his wife, Bunnie.

Oct. 8, 1944 -- Pilot Johnny Bulla gets set up in the cockpit of the Eastern Air Lines plane he flies between Atlanta and Chicago. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Oct. 11, 1960: Sen. John F. Kennedy campaigns in Lagrange, Georgia. (DOZIER MOBLEY/File)

Oct. 27, 1984 -- Michael Jackson wows the crowd at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium during his "Victory Tour.” JOEY IVANSCO / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Oct. 1968 -- Little David Hunter yelps as Doctor William Likosky gives him a shot of the measles vaccine at the Southside Child Development Center in Atlanta. DWIGHT ROSS JR. / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Oct. 1954 -- Children sitting on bundles of sorghum cane at the Hughes Sorghum Syrup Mill in Blairsville. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Oct. 10, 1989 -- Braves outfielder Dale Murphy plays catch with his 4-year old son, Tyson, at their home in Atlanta. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Oct. 1, 1978 -- Paschal's Motor Hotel and Restaurant bustles with activity. JOE BENTON / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Oct. 20, 1957 -- Brothers from the Delta Tau Delta fraternity cheer on the Yellow Jackets from the stands at Grant Field in Atlanta. TOM ALDRED / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Oct. 23, 1968 -- Students examine a taxidermied crocodile at the at the Fernbank Science Center. KENNETH ROGERS / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Oct. 8, 1984 -- The sounds of Girl Scout music: The Northwest Georgia Girl Scout council sponsored a girl scout singalong at the Atlanta Civic Center. Over 5,000 Brownies and Girl Scouts from 20 counties attended. They were led in song by Claire Smith (front). CHERYL BRAY / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Oct. 1887 -- A crowd gathers to see President Grover Cleveland at the Piedmont Exposition on Central Avenue in Atlanta. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Oct. 10, 1991 -- Josh Erwin shows off his Atlanta Braves pennant while enjoying a view of the downtown parade from a street lamp pole. WILLIAM BERRY / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Oct. 30, 1949. Atlanta Journal employees test out some Halloween masks for an upcoming story -- and have a devil of a time doing so. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Oct. 17, 1986 -- Fire Station No. 7 firefighter, Debbie Creech, on the scene of a fire at the American Laundry building on Walker Street in Atlanta. BILLY DOWNS / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Oct. 1920s -- A nurse at Scottish Rite Children’s Hospital in Atlanta keeps watch over her young charges in the ward. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Oct. 27, 1985 -- Falcons QB David Archer watches the clock run out during a game. RICH ADDICKS / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Oct. 11, 1927 -- Col. Charles A. Lindbergh is greeted at Candler Field by local dignitaries on his first visit to Atlanta since flying solo across the Atlantic. KENNETH ROGERS / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Oct. 1929 -- Powerful Yale ran into too much Catfish Smith against the Georgia Bulldogs. It was Eli's first trip South, and the occasion was the dedication of Georgia's Sanford Stadium. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Oct. 17, 1967 -- Vietnam War protesters picket in front of the Peachtree Selective Service Building. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Oct. 12, 1941 -- Julia Maxwell, professional model, poses for a class at the High Museum School of Art. AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Oct. 21, 1979 -- Jay Nichols sunbathes on a stone wall in Piedmont Park. J.C. LEE / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Oct. 29, 1986 -- Center Tree Rollins takes a break from practice during an Atlanta Hawks’ team workout at The Omni. JOEY IVANSCO / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Oct. 1910s -- World War I soldiers get some during early stages of enlistment and training near Atlanta. TRACY MATHEWSON / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Oct. 1940 -- Original caption reads “Captain Ben W. Seabrook, head of the Bureau of Identification, checking through the 'morgue.' His files include pictures and fingerprints of 85,000 felony and misdemeanor prisoners arrested in Atlanta and rogues gallery, 88,000 mugs.” AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

Oct. 1973 -- Lester Addis walks down a rocky dirt road to his isolated home in rural Georgia (Persimmon Valley, Rabun County). BILL MAHAN / AJC PHOTO ARCHIVES

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The "Much Ado About Midtown" festival, a two-day bash featuring an array of artists and performers, started Saturday in a two-block-square area in Atlanta's Midtown. Ann Cramer, dodges balloons as she walks up Peachtree Street with her daughter, Megan. Photo taken October 16, 1982. (Nick Arroyo/AJC staff)

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