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Photograph Title: Aerial view of Stone Mountain Description: Stone Mountain aerial view including lake, DeKalb County, Georgia Date: 1952GA Archives Record ID: mmgsm4 Cite as: Georgia Geological Survey Photographs, Mines, Mining and Geology, RG 50-2-20, Georgia Archives
Photograph Title: Stone Mountain aerial view showing quarry Description: Air photo of Stone Mountain, from the southeast, showing the old plant an Quarry at the Stone Mountain Granite Co., DeKalb County, Georgia Date: 1937GA Archives Record ID: mmgsm6 Cite as: Georgia Geological Survey Photographs, Mines, Mining and Geology, RG 50-2-20, Georgia Archives
Photograph Title: Granite Quarries, Stone Mountain Description: Granite Quarries, Stone Mountain, DeKalb County, Georgia Date: September 26, 1913GA Archives Record ID: mmg11-1041 Cite as: Georgia Geological Survey Photographs, Mines, Mining and Geology, RG 50-2-20, Georgia Archives
Photograph Title: Granite Quarries, Stone Mountain Description: Granite Quarries, Stone Mountain, DeKalb County, Georgia Date: September 26, 1913GA Archives Record ID: mmg11-1042 Cite as: Georgia Geological Survey Photographs, Mines, Mining and Geology, RG 50-2-20, Georgia Archives
Photograph Title: View from top of Stone Mountain Description: View from top of Stone Mountain, DeKalb County, Georgia Date: August 12, 1939GA Archives Record ID: mmg26-3155 Cite as: Georgia Geological Survey Photographs, Mines, Mining and Geology, RG 50-2-20, Georgia Archives
Photograph Title: View of Stone Mountain from Pine Mountain Description: View of Stone Mountain from Pine Mountain near Lithonia, DeKalb County, GeorgiaDate: October 1916GA Archives Record ID: mmg04-0318 Cite as: Georgia Geological Survey Photographs, Mines, Mining and Geology, RG 50-2-20, Georgia Archives
Photograph Title: View of east end of Stone Mountain Description: View of east end of Stone Mountain, DeKalb County, Georgia, from the Monroe HighwayDate: April 1936GA Archives Record ID: mmgsm10 Cite as: Georgia Geological Survey Photographs, Mines, Mining and Geology, RG 50-2-20, Georgia Archives
Photograph Title: Old wall on Stone Mountain Description: "So called Indian Wall on Stone Mountain," DeKalb County, GeorgiaDate: 1923GA Archives Record ID: mmg15-1497 Cite as: Georgia Geological Survey Photographs, Mines, Mining and Geology, RG 50-2-20, Georgia Archives
Postcard Caption: Stone Mountain. Largest Solid Stone in the world, one mile from Base to Summit, 16 miles from Atlanta, Ga. Extended Description: n/aDate: not givenPublisher: I.F.P. Co., Atlanta, Ga. GA Archives Postcard ID: hpc0252 Cite as: Historic Postcard Collection, RG 48-2-5, Georgia Archives
Postcard Caption: Front View of Stone Mountain, Largest Solid Stone in the World, One Mile from Base to Summit. 16 miles from Atlanta, Ga. Extended Description: n/aDate: 1915Publisher: not given GA Archives Postcard ID: hpc0263 Cite as: Historic Postcard Collection, RG 48-2-5, Georgia Archives
Postcard Caption: Stone Mountain, Where the Confederate Memorial is being Chiseled in Solid Granite, Atlanta, Ga.Extended Description: Stone Mountain, the eighth wonder of the universe, the largest solid piece of granite in the world. This piece of rock juts 1,600 feet high and is seven miles around its base. The Central Group as it will appear when carved on the mountain, on which work is now being rushed. General Lee, the Central Figure, will be as high as a sixteen story office building; other figures in proportion. Come and see the Wonder of the World. Date: not givenPublisher: Imperial Post Card Co., Atlanta, Ga. GA Archives Postcard ID: hpc0238 Cite as: Historic Postcard Collection, RG 48-2-5, Georgia Archives
Postcard Caption: Stone Mountain, located on U.S. 78, 18 miles east of Atlanta.Extended Description: Is the largest exposed piece of solid granite in the world. The mountain is 800 feet high and measures 7 miles around its base.Date: not givenPublisher: Atlanta News Agency, Atlanta, Ga. GA Archives Postcard ID: hpc1458 Cite as: Historic Postcard Collection, RG 48-2-5, Georgia Archives
Postcard Caption: Stone Mountain, Georgia.Extended Description: 16 miles East of Atlanta on U.S. Highway 78. Scrub pines and moss and lichens cling to the slopes of the gray granite surface. The mountain was considered sacred by the Indians. Today a partially completed memorial to the Confederacy has been carved on the northeastern side. Date: not givenPublisher: Atlanta News Agency, Inc., Chamblee, Georgia. GA Archives Postcard ID: hpc1448 Cite as: Historic Postcard Collection, RG 48-2-5, Georgia Archives
Postcard Caption: Stone Mountain, Georgia.Extended Description: Largest exposed granite dome in North America, it lies in DeKalb County, 16 miles east of Atlanta, and is now a Georgia State Park. The mighty monolith rises 850 feet above the plain on which it stands, is two miles long and has a circumference of seven miles. It is estimated to weigh 1 1/2 billion tons. A heroic memorial to the Southern Confederacy, envisioned a generation ago, will be completed at the mountain by the Stone Mountain Memorial Assn. Date: not givenPublisher: Williams Printing Co., Atlanta.GA Archives Postcard ID: hpc1457 Cite as: Historic Postcard Collection, RG 48-2-5, Georgia Archives
Postcard Caption: Stone Mountain, 16 Miles from Atlanta, Georgia.Extended Description: Stone Mountain, the world's greatest monolith, may properly be called eighth Wonder of the World. This huge rock has over 16,000,000,000 cubic feet of exposed granite. It is seven miles around the base and seven hundred feet higher than the surrounding plain, 1,600 feet above sea level. A monumental Confederate Memorial is carved on the side of the mountain. Date: 1969Publisher: Atlanta News Agency, Inc., Chamblee, Georgia 30005.GA Archives Postcard ID: hpc1464 Cite as: Historic Postcard Collection, RG 48-2-5, Georgia Archives
Photograph Title: Aerial view of Stone Mountain 
Photograph Title: Stone Mountain aerial view showing quarry 
Photograph Title: Granite Quarries, Stone Mountain 
Photograph Title: Granite Quarries, Stone Mountain 
Photograph Title: View from top of Stone Mountain 
Photograph Title: View of Stone Mountain from Pine Mountain 
Photograph Title: View of east end of Stone Mountain 
Photograph Title: Old wall on Stone Mountain 
Postcard Caption: Stone Mountain. Largest Solid Stone in the world, one mile from Base to Summit, 16 miles from Atlanta, Ga. 
Postcard Caption: Front View of Stone Mountain, Largest Solid Stone in the World, One Mile from Base to Summit. 16 miles from Atlanta, Ga. 
Postcard Caption: Stone Mountain, Where the Confederate Memorial is being Chiseled in Solid Granite, Atlanta, Ga.
Postcard Caption: Stone Mountain, located on U.S. 78, 18 miles east of Atlanta.
Postcard Caption: Stone Mountain, Georgia.
Postcard Caption: Stone Mountain, Georgia.
Postcard Caption: Stone Mountain, 16 Miles from Atlanta, Georgia.