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MID-20 CENTURY DEKALB
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PROGR ESS MAR CHES ONWARD

One of the more famous dairies in the nation prospered in DeKalb County for 80 years. Mathis Dairy began when
a young R.L. Mathis purchased 12 cows and 75 acres of property in 1916. The dairy upheld rigorous Certified Milk
standards, and in the 1970s was one of only three dairies in the country doing so.

erhaps you milked Rosebud, the beloved mascot Doraville got put onto the map in 1945, 100 years
cow that was succeeded by the next Rosebud after the Georgia Railroad was laid down. From trains to
(like Uga, the mascot dog). Generations of transmissions: General Motors Division opened a Doraville
P schoolchildren toured the historic operations factory that completed production for Buick, Oldsmobile,
from the 1950s until the dairy’s closure in 1995. Pontiac, and Chevrolet cars that were sent by railroad across

MARTA’s first train ran in 1979 (top left).
Dedication of the new building for
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (below left). Kirkwood was
one of Atlanta’s early suburbs (right).

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