Atlanta Reconstitution

The Atlanta City Council created the city’s first speed limits in June 1904. Physicians and surgeons were exempt “when using their automobiles in answering emergency calls.”

The Automobile Ordinance – June 23, 1904 The Constitution: Atlanta, GA – Thursday, June 23, 1904 The general council of Atlanta is to be congratulated on adopting an ordinance regulating the operation of automobiles on the streets of the city. The rapidly increasing local use of these machines, the number of more or less serious acciden...

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Happy 150th birthday to the Atlanta Constitution!

150 years of The Atlanta Constitution A special presentation celebrating 150 years of The Atlanta Constitution newspaper. See the city’s history come alive through a collection of historic front pages.

From the Atlanta Constitution on December 31, 1915:

Atlanta will be in festive spirits as the throngs from the theaters pass from the amusement houses and as residents of every district make the business and hotel sections of the city their destination. Brilliant lights, festive decorations, pleasing music and happy crowds will contribute to the scenes of splendor which will mark the passing of the old year.

From the Atlanta Constitution on April 19, 1896:

GOOD ROADS FOR BICYCLISTS

Peachtree street is the wheelman’s delight. Pryor street is satisfying to the most fastidious. Aside from these two thoroughfares Atlanta is deficient in bicycle paths, but the suburban roads afford excellent riding. Those who have ridden long enough to become inured to a good, long tour, find a spin out to Lithia Springs or Stone Mountain enjoyable. The roadways through and around Inman Park are good. The trip to Buckhead makes a pleasing run of fourteen miles. One of the favorite bicycle paths is along the old Peachtree road and great things are expected of the road to the barracks if the government will pass the appropriation for improving it.

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ATLANTA HEADS FULL OF WHEELS The Constitution: Atlanta, GA - Sunday, April 19, 1896 Nearly Everybody, Young and Old, Rich and Poor, Is Riding Nowadays. When Atlanta's first big exposition was in progress fifteen years ago a sp...

From the Atlanta Constitution on July 18, 1919:

“Atlanta has no flag. Atlanta has no colors. Suppose some day the members of council should be called out in a body, as it often occurs; suppose there should be a public parade in which Atlanta ought to be represented, would it not be well for some emblematic colors to be displayed; would it not be meet and proper for us to fly our flag?”

Patriotic Mr. Day THE CONSTITUTION, ATLANTA, GA. SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1896. A Civic Insignia for Atlanta Seems To Be His Fad. HIS UNIQUE COLOR SCHEME The Sanitary Committee Considers the City Flag, but the Aldermanic Bo...

Many 19th-century newspapers are comprised primarily of content from other newspapers. And there are lots of ads, too.

Listicles, aggregation, and content gone viral: How 1800s newspapers prefigured today’s Internet "If you think BuzzFeed invented the listicle, you haven't spent enough time with 19th-century newspapers, because they're everywhere." That's Ryan Cordell, a Northeastern University professor who researches virality in 19th-century newspapers, during a talk he gave recently at MIT. …

Happy Valentine's Day!

Platonic Kiss Is O.K. Even at Five Points Asserts Police Chief | Atlanta Reconstitution “A light imprint of the lips, gentle, brief and dispassionate. A heavenly collision of the lips or the lips with the cheek.” – Chief James L. Beavers’ analysis of a kiss.

This apartment complex is now known as North High Ridge Apartments and is located at the corner of North Ave and North Highland Ave.

If you believe this ad from 1913, West Peachtree Street is your short-cut to wealth!

"I have been in more than 300 American communities, but I have never found one needing a comprehensive survey and a successful plan upon which to operate so much as Atlanta. Nor, indeed, to be just, have I found conditions more generally favorable for such a plan."

What Atlanta Most Needs and How She Can Get It THE CONSTITUTION, ATLANTA, GA. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1912. By DR. J. HORACE MacFarland Atlanta is sick, "pow' ful bad off," as Aunt Lizbeth might say, and what she needs is drastically recommended b...