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Christopher Murphy Jr. (1902-1973)

Christopher Murphy Jr. was a prominent artist, teacher, and arts advocate in Savannah for much of the twentieth century. Best known for his etchings of Savannah and the surrounding area, he was equally adept at portraiture.

Christopher Aristide Desbouillons Murphy Jr. was born in Savannah on December 28, 1902, to Lucile Desbouillons and Christopher Patrick Hussey Murphy, both well-known artists in Savannah. The oldest of their seven children, he was known as Christopher Murphy Jr. His middle names differed from his father's and were bestowed upon him in tribute to his maternal grandfather. Murphy's sister Margaret also chose...

William B. Hartsfield (1890-1971)

William B. Hartsfield was a man of humble origins who became one of the greatest mayors of Atlanta. He served as mayor for six terms (1937-41, 1942-61), longer than any other person in ...

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Crossroads: Change in Rural America

Crossroads—a Smithsonian Museum on Main Street traveling exhibition—explores how rural American communities changed in the twentieth century. ...

Chattahoochee River

The Chattahoochee River rises high in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Georgia and flows southwesterly toward the Alabama state line. From there the river tumbles for twenty miles over ...

Dixie Highway

The Dixie Highway, a network of roads connecting Canada to Florida in the early decades of the twentieth century, was an ambitious undertaking to build the nation's first north–south paved interstate highway. As the largest state in terms of are...