Flashback photos: The Fox Theatre, 1929-2019
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If you've lived in Atlanta for more than a week, you probably know the history of the theater backwards and forwards. Conceived as a Shriner's temple and finished as a grand theater, it opened on Christmas Day, 1929, as seen here, with crowds lined up around the block for their first look. (Edgar Orr, Courtesy of Fox Theatre Archives)