- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of smoke from a fire at the King and Prince hotel complex, Saint Simons Island, Glynn County, Georgia, 1939 or 1940]
- Date of Original:
- 1939/1940
- Subject:
- Fires--Georgia--Saint Simons Island
Disasters--Georgia--Saint Simons Island
Recreations--Georgia--Saint Simons Island
Hotels--Georgia--Saint Simons Island - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Glynn County, Saint Simons Island, 31.15051, -81.36954
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- St. Simons Island, ca. 1939-1940. Smoke billows forth from one of the buildings in the King and Prince Hotel complex.
2003/06/17: The King and Prince hotel complex started in 1935 as a dance club and opened as a hotel on July 2, 1941. It served as a naval facility during World War II and reopened as a resort in 1947. It still exists today as a popular resort area and is now called King and Prince Beach & Golf Resort. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_gly006
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:gly006
- 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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