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Swift Meats on Peters Street in the Castleberry Hill district just south of downtown.

Date:  1951

According to Atlanta historian Franklin M Garrett, the area that is now Castleberry Hill was known as Snake Nation  in the 1840's and was characterized by a wide assortment of criminal behavior: prostitution, thievery, cockfighting, and general lawlessness.

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GSU FILE:  LBGPNS10-094a

 

TOP PHOTO COURTESY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS DEPT, PULLEN LIBRARY, GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY

Peters Street, looking north toward the Swift Meats building.

Date:   03/12/04

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