A Race Against Time
Saving Atlanta's Photographic History

Support Our Preservation Effort

Adopt a Negative for Restoration

Thank you for visiting our online exhibit!

Our mission is to preserve our millions of photographs for generations to come, which is often a difficult and daunting task. We hope you will consider helping by “adopting” a set of damaged negatives for restoration.

Your donation will allow us to repair your chosen negatives. The negatives are sent out to a specialized conservation lab where each one is meticulously restored.

Once you have adopted a collection of negatives, you will receive a digital copy of each restored image for your personal use. Please allow up to 6 months for delivery of your images.

With your help, we look forward to preserving Atlanta’s photographic history!

Individual Negatives ($150.00)

Three women in long coats pose at the side of a Delta plane.
Delta Airlines passengers, 1930s.
[LBP35-163a]

Negative 01 ($150)
Adopt Negative 01
Monument of a man on a podium, flanked by two women.
Henry Grady Monument, 1940s.
[LBGPF3-108b]

Negative 02 ($150)
Adopt Negative 02
Women skate at a roller derby.
Roller Derby, 1937.
[LBME3-019e]

Negative 03 ($150)
Adopt Negative 03
An elephant carries a woman by its trunk at a circus.
Southeastern Fair, 1945.
[LBCE20-006a]

Negative 04 ($150)
Adopt Negative 04
Couples dance inside a hall.
Dance, 1941.
[LBGPF8-032a]

Negative 05 ($150)
Adopt Negative 05
Two young men play football.
University of Alabama, 1939
[LBCB003-036a]

Negative 06 ($150)
Adopt Negative 06
A family walks through an exterior hall of columns.
Southeastern Fair Race, 1944.
[AJCN001-081d]

Negative 07 ($150)
Adopt Negative 07

Negative Collections ($300.00)

Lit-up tower at a fair, taken at night.
A performer stands on top of an elephant at a fair.
Southeastern Fair, 1941
[LBCE18-007d]

Collection A01 ($300)
Adopt Collection A01
A parade marches downtown.
A city block.
Fox Theatre parade, 1941.
[LBMPE2-031d]

Collection A02 ($300)
Adopt Collection A02
A man wearing a white T-shirt smiles.
A man in a football uniform poses on the field.
UGA Coach Wally Butts, 1940.
[AJCN001-019a]

Collection A03 ($300)
Adopt Collection A03
Two men in suits pose on a field.
Men playing football.
GT Coach W. A. Alexander, 1930s.
[AJCN002-090b]

Collection A04 ($300)
Adopt Collection A04
Car race along a dirt road.
Acrobats perform outside.
Southeastern Fair race, 1940.
[LBCE16-043c]

Collection A05 ($300)
Adopt Collection A05
Men in military caps pose with rifles at the edge of a field at night.
A row of cars with their roofs down file past a crowd in a city parade.



Collection A06 ($300)
Adopt Collection A06
A shirtless man poses outside a car in the middle of a sandy field.
Two men look at an ocean display.



Collection A07 ($300)
Adopt Collection A07
People pose standing outside a Delta airplane.
Two men crouch at a small airplane.
Kiwanis Airport Club, undated.
[LBCE12-004a]

Collection A08 ($300)
Adopt Collection A08
People skating in a roller derby.
People riding in bumper cars.
Roller Derby, 1937.
[LBME3-019d]

Collection A09 ($300)
Adopt Collection A09
A man in a Red Sox jersey poses between two men in suits.
A woman steps into a plane carrying a huge trophy.
Golfer Bobby Jones, 1934
Golfer Bobby Jones, 1934.
[AJCN001-027a]

Collection A07 ($300)
Adopt Collection A10

Negative Collections ($500)

A huge crowd packs the street in a city intersection.
Outside of a building on a city street.
Outside of a building on a city street.
Atlanta Street Scenes: Walters and Smith restaurant in
downtown Atlanta. 1930s-1940s
[AJCN002-017a]

Collection B01 ($500)
Adopt Collection B01
A man sits on a cot surrounded by frames pictures of women and a family portrait.
Men walk across a muddy dirt road.
A man in a military camp poses next to a sign on the side of a building reading "Headquarters Prisoner of War Camp."
German Prisoners of War: Scenes from the German prisoner of war camp in Macon, GA during World War II, circa 1945.
[N02-001a]

Collection B02 ($500)
Adopt Collection B02
Acrobats perform outside during a fair.
Aerial exterior of fairgrounds.
An elephant performs at a fair.
Southeastern Fair, 1940s.
[LBCE17-002c]



Collection B03 ($500)
Adopt Collection B03
Five women in feathers perform onstage at a fair.
Rides lit up at night.
Stunt driving at a fair.
Southeastern Fair, 1940s
[LBCE16-046a]


Collection B04 ($500)
Adopt Collection B04
A crowd of people, the American flag waving at the front.
People walking out of a trailer.
A horse and driver come down a dirt road.
Religious Imagery: Baptist World Alliance convention (inside Ponce de Leon Park).
[LBCE24-045e]

Collection B05 ($500)
Adopt Collection B05
Aerial photograph of traffic on Peachtree Street.
Sunny tree-lined street with a house.
Traffic down Peachtree Street.
Georgia Street Scenes: Peachtree Street.
[LBGPNS9-192b]


Collection B06 ($500)
Adopt Collection B06
Men touch up the paint on the Cyclorama.
Exterior of the Cyclorama building.
Tall brick building on a city block.
Atlanta Scenes: Cyclorama.
[N01-038_a]




Collection B07 ($500)
Adopt Collection B07
A crowd of people, the American flag waving at the front.
People walking out of a trailer.
A horse and driver come down a dirt road.
A women’s roller derby team in 1937, a woman training a pony, and a snowman in front of a store. 1930s-1940s.



Collection B08 ($500)
Adopt Collection B08
Stock car race.
A line of people on a platform.
A group of people pose at the feet of a statue of a man and a woman.
Southeastern Fair Lane Brothers Collection. These 4×5 negatives show scenes from the Southeastern Fair including stock car races, and youth groups during the fair. All from the 1940s.

Collection B09 ($500)
Adopt Collection B09
Men touch up the paint on the Cyclorama.
Exterior of the Cyclorama building.
Tall brick building on a city block.
 Vivian Leigh and Clark Gable at the Cyclorama, Asa Candler at the zoo, and Mayor Hartsfield.
with his wife Peal. All 1930s.

Collection B10 ($500)
Adopt Collection B10

Negative Collections ($900)

Front of the Piedmont Hotel.
Georgia State Capitol Building.
Georgia Terrace Hotel front.
Tire display stand.
Scenes from Atlanta Lane Brothers Collection 5×7 negatives. These negatives show: the historic Piedmont Hotel circa 1940s, the Georgia State Capitol building circa 1940s-1950s, the Georgia Terrace Hotel in 1941, and a Pharis Tire display stand with a model posing.

Collection C01 ($900)
Adopt Collection C01

Negative Collections ($1000)

Front of Loew's Theater.
Women in swimsuits and men in military caps pose on a pile of tires.
Two women talk in front of a monument.
A man poses at the side of a tall column of straw mats.
Synchronized swimmers.
Marquee of the Fox Theater showing "Parachute Battalion."
Collection D01 ($1000)
Adopt Collection D01

Negative Collections ($2500)

A woman poses at the doorway of an airplane.
A sidewalk view of the Coca-Cola sign in Atlanta.
Acrobats posing.
Clarke Gable and Carole Lombard pose to shake hands and have their pictures taken.
A crowd of people sitting on a lawn.
Women drive bumper cars.
Cars park in a circle.
A man standing on a roof points downtown.
Cars park in a circle.
Stunt racing on a dirt road.
Car in a war bond parade.
Runner and catcher meet at home base in a baseball game.
Aerial picture of a triangular park.
Lit-up fairgrounds at night.
Roller derby rink.
Construction site at the side of a river.
Collection E01 ($2500)
Adopt Collection E01