- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of Loew's Grand Theater fire, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, 1978 Jan. 30]
- Creator:
- Dave Williams, Metropolitan Fire Association
- Date of Original:
- 1978
- Subject:
- Fires--Georgia--Atlanta
Architecture--Georgia--Atlanta
Disasters--Georgia--Atlanta - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Atlanta, Jan. 30, 1978. Loew's Grand Theater fire located at 157 Peachtree Street. This was a nine alarm fire involving 20 engines and two thirds of the fire department. The theatre was the location of the premier of "Gone With the Wind" in 1939. The structure had been scheduled to be demolished two days after the fire.
2003/06/02: Loew's Grand Theater was built in 1893 as DeGive's Grand Opera House. The movie Gone with the Wind premiered here in 1939. In 1978, the theater was gutted by fire. In 1982 Georgia Pacific built its headquarters upon the site. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_ful0793-83
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:ful0793-83
- 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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