- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of woman attempting escape from Winecoff Hotel fire, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, 1946 Dec. 7]
- Date of Original:
- 1946
- Subject:
- Fires--Georgia--Atlanta
Architecture--Georgia--Atlanta
Disasters--Georgia--Atlanta
Women--Georgia--Atlanta
Hotels--Georgia--Atlanta - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Atlanta, Dec. 7, 1946. A woman attempting to escape from the Winecoff Hotel fire located at the corner of Peachtree and Ellis Streets. This was the worst fire in Atlanta's history, resulting in the loss of 119 lives and over 100 people injured. The hotel, built in 1913, had been classified as fireproof.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_ful0787-83
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:ful0787-83
- 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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