- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of Winecoff Hotel Fire, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, 1946 Dec. 7]
- Date of Original:
- 1946
- Subject:
- Fires--Georgia--Atlanta
Disasters--Georgia--Atlanta
Municipal services--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. 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 were injured. The hotel, built in 1913, before the fire had been classified as fireproof.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_ful0818-83
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:ful0818-83
- Rights Holder:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
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- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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