Peachtree Viaduct – 1933 & 2015

Original Photograph from Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs @ GSU

GSU/AJC: Great Depression-era demonstration in support of the National Industrial Recovery Act, Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia, December 2, 1933.

GSU/AJC: Great Depression-era demonstration in support of the National Industrial Recovery Act, Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia, December 2, 1933.

Print verso inscribed: “Dec. 2, 1933, a half-million people parade Peachtree Street in support of the National Recovery Act” and “from Sunday Magazine old photo files.” The National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 authorized the establishment of the National Recovery Administration (NRA) and the Public Works Administration (PWA)

See also:

• Wikipedia: Viaducts Of Atlanta
• Wikipedia: National Industrial Recovery Act
• AtlantaTimeMachine.com: Looking north along Whitehall Street towards Five Points and Peachtree Street (1900s)