Flashback Photos: Atlanta people and places in the 1950s, '60s and '70s
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Mayor Ivan Allen Jr.shows (or rather tries to show) Scott Silvis, 16 months, the new electric sign at the Darlington Apartments, 2025 Peachtree Road, that shows a running count of Atlanta's population in March 1965. Count at the time the mayor threw the switch was 1,174,575. (Charles Pugh/AJC staff) You'll find more photos of places in and around Atlanta from our archive at our Flachback Photos page.