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This week, I'm covering the earliest orphanages in Atlanta - who formed them, who funded them, where they were and what they are today. From 1866, when the state of Georgia established a lottery to fund a white orphanage, to the institutions for Black and Jewish children. 
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Fannie Springer was a Austrian-born, Jewish woman who moved to Atlanta with her husband shortly after getting married in 1889. After an incident with an Atlanta patrolman in 1900, she turned to dedicating her life to volunteering in prisons and then later obtaining pardons for 44 incarcerated people. This week, I am sharing the brief history of her life and work.
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The story of the "Miss Atlanta" pageant coincides with the growth of Atlantic City's "Miss America".  Like all things Atlanta in the 1920s, this contest and the choosing of a ‘representative’ of our city, was tied with the marketing of and push to sell the Gate City to the rest of the country. The first Miss Atlanta was crowned in 1923 and this week, I am telling the earliest stories of the winners, the prizes and the history of the pageant. 
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This week, we’re talking about Fort McPherson. From its earliest days as the pasture of Charner Humphries, to local militia training ground, to a racetrack, to both Confederate and US Army bases, to prisoner of war camps - these two pieces of land have SO much history to tell. 
Tomb with a View's episode on POWs
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Life has been SO busy, that I stole another mini episode from Patreon. The story of Riverbend Apartments starts only 55 years ago. In 1966, newspapers touted a huge new development that was going to bring over 1,000 new apartments. It was the costliest and biggest project of it’s kind - taking 4 years of planned development at a tune of $15 million. In 1972, Playboy Magazine dubbed it "ground zero for Atlanta's sexual revolution".
TedX Event
Elevate Atlanta: Idle Crimes & Heavy Work
 
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This week I am sharing the story of John and Stella Abbott, Mary Powers and Louise Gilbert and how their lives tragically intertwined in the winter of 1919. On January 27, 1919, Johnny Abbott lay dead on the floor of his living room, one bullet through the heart, shot by his wife, Stella. Why? Listen in to find out.
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This week, we’re talking about the early history of ice in the US, how and when it got to Atlanta, who sold it, how it was made, ice monopolies, shortages and storage. 
 
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This week we’re talking about cocaine. At the dawn of the 20th century, cities like Atlanta we’re grappling with recreational cocaine use, racializing it and trying to figure out how to allow the medical profession to continue to prescribe it. We're also talking about what it was used for, where you could buy it, how Coca Cola was involved and what pushed for it's illegalization.
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The universe conspired against me this week, as my planned episode did not record correctly. Have no fear, I've pulled a Mini from my Patreon page!
Orion Frazee was born in NJ in 1843, the son of a famous sculptor. He arrived in Atlanta in 1885, and while he time here was short-lived, his name lives on through his sculptural busts of famous men, including former president of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis made from DEATH MASKS!
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Atlanta's obsession with the dogwoods dates back to the 1920s, but the Dogwood Festival was the brainchild of Lorraine Cooney, who launched the first festival in 1936, at the height of the Great Depression. This week we're talking about the tree, the city's initiatives, the first grand festival and how it progressed over the last 85 years. 
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