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| Title | Christmas Shopping |
| Photographer | Wilson, Bill (William Bryan), 1914-1993
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| Description | View of a child sleeping in a stroller in Rich's Department Store during the Christmas holiday shopping season. |
| Geographic Location | Atlanta (Ga.)
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| Subject | Holidays--Georgia--Atlanta
Shopping--Georgia--Atlanta
Consumers--Georgia--Atlanta
Children--1940-1950
Children--Clothing & dress
Department stores--Georgia--Atlanta
Stores & shops--Georgia--Atlanta
Strollers (Baby carriages)--Georgia--Atlanta
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| Corporate Name | Rich's (Retail store)
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| Date Original | circa 1950 |
| Date Digital | 2006 |
| Type | 35 mm black and white negative
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| Digital Format | JPEG |
| Catalogue Number | VIS 99.234.21 |
| Collection | Bill Wilson Photographs |
| Publisher | Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta, GA 30305 |
| Rights | This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required. |
| Notes | Rich's Department Store was founded in Atlanta, Georgia in 1867 by Morris Rich, a Hungarian-born immigrant. The business expanded over several decades, and eventually was located on the corner of Alabama and Broad Streets in downtown Atlanta. In the 1960s and 1970s the store opened in several other locations. In 1948 a seventy-foot live Christmas tree was first placed on the roof of Rich's downtown department store. Thereafter, the Lighting of the Great Tree became an Atlanta tradition. In 1960, several African American college students protested segregationist policies practiced by Rich's until the store agreed to desegregate its stores in 1961. Rich's department store was phased out in 2005. |
| Source | ahc099234021a.jpg |
