Margaret Mitchell
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Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell was an American novelist and journalist. Mitchell wrote only one novel that was published during her lifetime, the American Civil War-era novel Gone with the Wind, for whic
Mitchell in 1941
Photo of a young woman (likely Mitchell) on the front porch of Rural Home, circa 1920
Stereoscope card showing the business district on Peachtree Street ca. 1907. The Mitchells' new home was about 3 miles from here.
"The Dump", now the Margaret Mitchell House and Museum
Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta)
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Oakland Cemetery is one of the largest cemetery green spaces in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded as Atlanta Cemetery in 1850 on six acres of land southeast of the city, it was renamed in 1872 to reflect
Margaret Mitchell
…November 1949 and sentenced to 18 months in jail. He served almost 11 months. Gravitt died in 1994 at the age of 74. Margaret Mitchell was buried at Oakland Cemetery. When her husband John died in 1952, he was buried next to his wife. In 1978, Mitchell was inducted into the Georgia Newspaper Hall of Fame, followed…
Oakland Cemetery with the Atlanta skyline in the background
Statue of Jasper Newton Smith atop his mausoleum
Robert Tyre "Bobby" Jones
Lion of the Confederacy - removed from Oakland Cemetery August 18, 2021.