Visual Artifact Page
vitalogy - 1926
B.T.’s copy of Vitalogy, “The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Health and Home.” The book was printed and revised each year from about 1890 - 1930.
“Suggestive hypnotism”
Illustration from Vitalogy, 1926
“whom to marry or not to marry”
From page 898 of Vitalogy, 1926
“coca leaves” (cocaine)
Advice from Vitalogy, 1926
“self-pollution” - before & after
Vitalogy commits several pages to warning youths of the dangers of “self-pollution” (masturbation). Be sure to listen to the full Vitalogy Half-lick (59 minutes).
From Vitalogy, 1926
“assassins wound forsyth farmer”
Just four days after Ernest Knox and Oscar Daniel were executed for raping and killing Mae Crow, another brutal assault took place in the tiny town of Oscarville in north Forsyth County.
From the Atlanta Constitution • Oct. 30, 1912
“blood flowed in crimson stream”
On New Year’s Day of 1913, the Atlanta Constitution ran this article on the wave of violence that swept over Atlanta in 1912. Note the reference to Atlanta’s “Jack-the-Ripper” as well as the tough-talking Recorder Nash Broyles and his proposed annual tax on gun owners of $10,000. (Once adjusted for inflation, that would be $262,000 today.)
From the Atlanta Constitution • Jan. 1, 1913
march for brotherhood - 1987
Civil Rights leaders Coretta Scott King, Hosea Williams, Joseph Lowery
(Photo by SepiaBillo. Click image to see full album of photos from the Brotherhood March.)
january 25, 1987
Front page coverage of the second Brotherhood March. Hosea Williams is shown at bottom right.
From the Atlanta Constitution • Jan. 25, 1987
faces of protest
J. Michael took several photos from the Brotherhood March II of 1987. Click the image above to read his first-hand account of the events of that day and see his photos.
Photo by J. Michael, 2010
mary phagan
On the morning of April 26, 1913, 13-year old Mary Phagan boarded a trolley bound for downtown Atlanta. Her destination was the annual Confederate Memorial Day parade.
downtown atlanta, 1910
An image of downtown Atlanta around the time of Mary Phagan’s murder. Intersection of North Broad Street and Marietta Street.
Photo via the Digital Library of Georgia
confederate memorial day
Children of the Confederacy from Miss Hannah's school, Memorial day parade, 1910.
Photo via Georgia State University
confederate memorial day
The Atlanta Constitution published this photo from the Confederate Memorial Day parade of 1913 (April 27).
national pencil company
One of the few photos of the National Pencil Company, located on Forsyth Street in downtown Atlanta. Mary Phagan’s body was found in the basement of this building in the wee morning hours of April 27, 1913.
newt lee
Newt Lee was the night watchman, overseeing the National Pencil Company on the night of April 26, 1913. He discovered the brutalized body of Mary Phagan on the morning of the 27th.