- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of Great Northside Conflagration, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, 1917 May 21]
- Date of Original:
- 1917
- Subject:
- Fires--Georgia--Atlanta
Fire fighters--Georgia--Atlanta
Architecture--Georgia--Atlanta
Disasters--Georgia--Atlanta
Storage facilities--Georgia--Atlanta - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Atlanta, May 21, 1917. Great Northside conflagration which started in a stack of mattresses in a structure on Fort Street near Decatur Street which was being utilized by Grady Hospital as a storage warehouse. The fire spread rapidly and burned an area of over 300 acres and destroyed 1938 structures. Property loss amounted to $5,000,000 and 10,000 people were left homeless.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_ful0783-83
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:ful0783-83
- Rights Holder:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
Contact repository re: reproduction and usage. - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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