Vintage postcard that looks like it was produced just before the interstate highway divided downtown.

Date:   Sometime after 1958, which was when the Georgia Capitol's dome was plated with gold donated by the citizens of Lumpkin County, site of the nation's first gold rush in 1836.  Incidentally, the the donated gold was brought to Atlanta from Dahlonega by way of 7 mule-drawn covered wagons.  The trip (roughly 80 miles or so) took three days.

Date:  02/10/07