Atlanta people and places in the 1950s, '60s...

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.