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[caption id="attachment_53351" align="alignleft" width="217"] Kay Cain as a “Lady Lenser” in the Atlanta Constitution (December 20, 1942). The headline on this full-page feature was “Women…

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[caption id="attachment_51303" align="alignleft" width="249"] Installation of the Turner Field sign, March 1997 [AJCNL1997-03-12-01b][/caption]Last Sunday, the Atlanta Braves played their final game at Turner Field. The…

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Forty years ago, on April 8, 1974, Atlanta Brave Hank Aaron set the then all-time career record for home runs in Major League Baseball. The…

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[caption id="attachment_42119" align="alignright" width="396" caption="Collapsed building at 6 Ivy Street (Peachtree Center) with the Hurt Building across the street. (LBGPNS6-034a)"][/caption] In 1949, the Atlanta Division…

Continue reading Moment in GSU History: “Building Jarred,” 1949