Lane Brothers Photographs
Davison-Paxon's grand opening of a new part of its downtown Atlanta, Georgia, store, August 15,...
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| Availability note | The envelope from which this image came contains 49 other negatives that have not yet been scanned. For more information, contact Georgia State University Library Special Collections and Archives at archives@gsu.edu or (404) 413-2880. |
| Title | Davison-Paxon's grand opening of a new part of its downtown Atlanta, Georgia, store, August 15, 1949. This photo shows the enormous crowd waiting to enter the store. |
| Identifier | LBCE5-043c |
| Date of original | 1949-08-15 |
| Decade | 1940s |
| Description | There are two Lane Brothers envelopes of negatives for this event (LBCE5-43 and LBCE5-44); they contain a total of 99 negatives, eight of which have been digitized. The 1949 Lane Brothers Assignment Book accounts for only 57 of the 99 images. Envelope description: Davison-Paxon Company; Davison's Event. Description from 1949 Lane Brothers Assignment Book (p. 293) has two entries that describe the contents of the envelope, both on August 15, 1949: "Davison-Paxon, Miss Caruthers; 22 photos of opening"; and "Davison-Paxon Co., [commissioned] by Miss Crimm; 35 photos of opening, new part of store; 2 8x10 men in rug dept.; 8 8x10 prints, rug dept.." The photographs were made by "Dub" Lane, Dan Lane, and Charles D. Jackson. |
| Creator | Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers (Atlanta, Ga.) |
| Contributors |
Davison's (Retail store) Lane, Dan (Jack Daniel), 1913-1976 Lane, W. C. (William Cox), Jr., 1912-1970 Jackson, Charles D. (Photographer) |
| Digital publisher | Georgia State University Library |
| Curatorial area | Photographic Collections |
| Collection | Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976 |
| Series | Events / Corporate Events |
| Rights information | This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). |
| Citation | LBCE5-043c, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library. |
| Location depicted |
Atlanta (Ga.) Fulton County (Ga.) |
| Subject |
Department stores Streets Crowds |
| Subject (names) |
Davison's (Retail store) |
| Source format | black-and-white negatives |
| Note | 4 negative removed to cold storage. Box 74, Sheet 18-19 |
| Type | Image |
| Format | Image/jp2 |
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