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Municipal Market Ceremonial Opening, circa 1974

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View of (left to right) former Atlanta Mayor Sam Massell, Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson, and Georgia State Representative E. J. Shepherd at the Municipal Market during the ceremonial opening of the facility on Edgewood Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia, after a major cleanup and repair effort.Municipal Market was established in 1918 on land cleared by the previous year's fire. The original market was held in a large tent, and a permanent structure was built in 1924.

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Atlanta History Center

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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Atlanta
  3. Georgia
  4. Government
  5. Interiors
  6. Markets
  7. Massell, Sam, 1927
  8. Municipal Market (Atlanta, Ga.)
  9. Politicians
  10. Politics And Government
  11. Shepherd, E. J
  12. Suits (Clothing)

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