- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of aftermath of Winecoff Hotel fire, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, 1946 Dec. 8]
- Date of Original:
- 1946
- Subject:
- Fires--Georgia--Atlanta
Architecture--Georgia--Atlanta
Disasters--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. 8, 1946. Aftermath of the Winecoff Hotel fire which occurred 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_ful0820-83
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:ful0820-83
- Additional Rights Information:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
Contact repository re: reproduction and usage. - Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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