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Alonzo Herndon. Alonzo "Lon" Franklin Herndon (June 26, 1858 Walton County, Georgia – July 21, 1927) was an African-American entrepreneur and businessman in Atlanta, Georgia. Born into slavery, he became one of the first African American millionaires in the United States, first achieving success by owning and operating three large barber ...
Auction Kings is a reality television series produced by Authentic Entertainment for the Discovery Channel. The series premiered on October 26, 2010, taking place in the Atlanta [1] auction house Gallery 63 in Sandy Springs, Georgia, located on Roswell Road immediately north of the Atlanta city limit. [2] The gallery has since relocated.
Seaboard Air Line Railroad. Postcard illustrating the allure of streamliner travel to Florida, along with the "citrus" paint scheme used on SAL's EMD diesel locomotives from 1939 to 1954. The Seaboard Air Line Railroad ( reporting mark SAL ), which styled itself as "The Route of Courteous Service", was an American railroad that existed from ...
Charis Books & More is an independent bookstore located in Decatur, Georgia.The store is the oldest independent feminist bookstore in the Southern U.S.Charis Books was founded in 1974 by Linda Bryant and Barbara Borgman in the Little Five Points district of Atlanta; in 2019, Charis moved to Decatur and became the bookstore of Agnes Scott College.
Rich's department store, Atlanta. South side of 1946-1948 "Store for Homes" and 1958 service building, from southeast facing northwest. The retailer began in Atlanta as M. Rich & Co., a dry goods store, on 28 May 1867, [ 1] at 36 Whitehall Street. The sole proprietor was Mauritius Reich (Anglicized to Morris Rich), a Hungarian Jewish immigrant.
The items are expected to bring in more than $10 million, Christie’s said. John purchased his Atlanta duplex in 1991, opting to make it his East Coast home base partly because his then-romantic ...
List. See the mayors of Atlanta category for an alphabetical list. Mayor Asa Griggs Candler (1917–1919). Candler incorporated The Coca-Cola Company in 1892. Mayor William B. Hartsfield (1937–1941; 1942–62). He was the longest serving Atlanta Mayor, running the city politics for ca. 30 years. Mayor Kasim Reed (2010–2018)
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