Tag : Georgia

The Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta, Georgia

The Center for Civil and Human Rights is a museum dedicated to the achievements of both the civil rights movement in the United States and the broader worldwide human rights movement. The three-level Center hosts a number of exhibitions, both permanent and temporary, most of them tell the history of the American civil rights movement led by Martin Luther King, …

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From The Hangars of The Delta Flight Museum

This post is dedicated to all Trolley Dollies around the world’s sky (a.k.a. Stewardesses, Air Hostesses, and Flight Attendants). Thank you for your service, Ladies! 70 years ago, on March 16, 1945, Birdie Perkins boarded Delta’s passenger aircraft as its first flight attendant… I wanted to visit the hangars of the Delta Flight Museum since its grand re-opening in 2014. …

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Christmas Bike Photo Tour of my Neighborhoods

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and yours! Best wishes for a healthy 2015! Today’s travel photo post will be different. I am going to take you on a bike ride and show you my neighborhoods. I ride this 20-mile (33 km) course on Mondays. However, Christmas Day is a perfect day for a bicycle tour… We’ll start on …

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Emblems, Badges and Ornaments of Vintage Cars and Trucks (2)

This is the last post from my travel to Old Car City USA photo series and the second part of the photos of rusty emblems of vintage cars taken during the trip. I hope you enjoy the rust as much as I do [wink] Click on image to view full size. gmeanm3r

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Once a Beauty, Now a Beast. A Photo Story from Vintage Cars Graveyard

Once a beauty, now a beast. What story would these vintage cars and trucks tell if they could talk? Would they tell about the Golden Times of American auto industry? or about the road trips around the United States made with their owners? or would they tell about the hard farm work on peanut fields and cotton plantations of Georgia? …

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Rusty Emblems of American Vintage Cars

Here is the second photo post from my travel to the Old Car City USA junkyard-museum, one of my Top 10 “Things-To-Do in Atlanta, Georgia” attractions. Please read the pilot article to get more details about the place. Today’s post contains the first of two sets of photos of the emblems, logos and badges of vintage cars I took while …

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Old Car City USA – Photographer’s Paradise

Old Car City USA is a junkyard-museum located in White, Georgia, 50 miles (80 km) north of Downtown Atlanta. The business started out as a store in 1931 by the parents of its current owner Dean Lewis, the sweetest Southern man and an artist himself (make sure you visit Dean’s Art Gallery). These days, 34 acres (14 hectares) junkyard became …

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Street Photography from Best Southern City

Girls from Bride's Bachelorette Party. Savannah, Georgia

I continue the series of photo stories from my recent Tie-Bee-Island Spring Break travel. The first story was about my Orange Crush experience in the city of Tybee Island. The second post contained travel photography from a charming city of Savannah. Here is the third post, which contains street photography from the 2nd Best Southern City of America. By the …

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Savannah – The First State Capital of Georgia

Dedicated to the 14th Anniversary of my Intercontinental travel. Savannah is the oldest city in the U.S. state of Georgia. Established in 1733, the city of Savannah became the British colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. Savannah’s downtown area includes the Savannah Historic District, Savannah Victorian Historic District and 22 squares …

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My Orange Crush – Spring Break on Tybee Island

Orange Crush is an informally-arranged spring break mainly for African-American college students. The event was once a Savannah State University sanctioned party (orange is a school color). Now it’s a word-of-mouth event, with no official promoters or organizers. Young people travel to the City of Tybee Island to celebrate the end of term, enjoy the beach and have a good …

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Atlanta International Auto Show

Here is a short photo reportage from the Atlanta International Auto Show, which took place in Georgia World Congress Center on March 26-30th. The annual event presented over 400 new 2014 import and domestic cars, light trucks, vans and sports utility vehicles. There was a wide variety of lines: Acura, Aston Martin, Audi, BMW, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, …

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2013 NASL Soccer Bowl: Atlanta Silverbacks vs New York Cosmos

2013 NASL Soccer Bowl: Atlanta Silverbacks 0-1 New York Cosmos The Championship Game was a great soccer experience in the capital of Georgia. That was something Atlanta missed last 40+ years. You may wish to read more about this number in my post ‘The Short History Of Professional Soccer In Atlanta’. With two other major games hosted by Atlanta teams …

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