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Georgia

The archive documents Atlanta landmarks such as the “Dance” sculpture by John Seward Johnson II and the Centennial Olympic Games memorial plaque in Centennial Olympic Park. It also includes images of security procedures at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, highlighting Automated Passport Control kiosks and TSA secondary screening areas implemented after 2001.

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TSA secondary screening area at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport with inspection equipment and conveyor systems.
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the world's busiest passenger airport by passenger traffic. The Transportation Security Administration screens checked and carry-on bags at checkpoints like this one, where officers use explosive trace detection swabs, handheld wands, and inspection tables to examine bags that need a closer look beyond the standard X-ray scan. TSA has staffed U.S. airport checkpoints since the agency was created in 2001 under the Department of Homeland Security.
TSA officers conduct secondary screening of travelers at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport security checkpoint.
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the world's busiest airport by passenger traffic, handling more than 100 million travelers a year. TSA officers use an X-ray scanner near the baggage carousels to inspect a bag pulled aside for closer inspection.
Travelers use green-lit Global Entry kiosks at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
These kiosks at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport process arriving international travelers enrolled in Global Entry, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection program for pre-approved low-risk travelers. Travelers in line scan their passports at the machines before a printed receipt sends them to a CBP officer for final review.
Centennial Olympic Games plaque in Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park commemorating the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Centennial Olympic Park is a 21-acre public park in downtown Atlanta, built for the 1996 Summer Olympics. A glass marker there carries the Centennial Olympics emblem and a quote from Andrew Young, the former Atlanta mayor and United Nations ambassador who helped lead the city's bid for the Games, contrasting Olympic coverage with news of "war and tragedy."
The Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel, a cylindrical skyscraper with illuminated crown, at night in downtown Atlanta.
The Westin Peachtree Plaza opened in 1976 as the tallest hotel in the world at the time. It stands 73 stories and 723 feet tall, among the tallest hotels in the Western Hemisphere. The Sun Dial, a rotating restaurant near the top, serves as an observation deck above downtown Atlanta.
Bronze Dance sculpture by John Seward Johnson II in Centennial Olympic Park, Atlanta, at night.
The bronze "Dance" sculpture, by J. Seward Johnson II, stands in Centennial Olympic Park in downtown Atlanta. The park opened in 1996 as the gathering place for that year's Summer Olympics and spans 21 acres. The Bank of America Plaza tower, at 1,023 feet the tallest building in the Southeast, stands nearby.