Mayor William B. Hartsfield’s 1940 Campaign

William B. Hartsfield films
Catalog number: VIS 194.003.001
This footage shows a van on Walton Street in Downtown Atlanta, with campaign messaging reading “Re-elect Hartsfield; He has made Atlanta a good mayor” and additional messaging advertising a meeting at William F. Slaton Grammar School on Grant Street. Footage also shows William B. Hartsfield with a megaphone and unidentified individuals.
Digitization of the films in this collection is made possible by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.