- Collection:
- Virtual Georgia
- Title:
- Villa Rica, Georgia, Berry's Drug Store in the early 1900's
- Publisher:
- Virtual Georgia Collection, Georgia Archives
- Date of Original:
- 1880/1957
- Subject:
- Historic buildings--Georgia--Villa Rica
Storefronts--Georgia--Villa Rica
Drugstores--Georgia--Villa Rica
Architecture--Georgia--Villa Rica - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Carroll County, Villa Rica, 33.73205, -84.91911
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Around 11:00 a.m. on December 5, 1957, a natural gas leak under Berry's Pharmacy caused an explosion that destroyed four buildings and damaged several others in Villa Rica's downtown. The explosion killed twelve and injured twenty. http://www.georgiahistory.com/markers/141
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://vault.georgiaarchives.org/digital/collection/vrg/id/225
- Rights Holder:
- Contact the Georgia Archives for permission to duplicate for publication. Please cite the Record ID when inquiring.
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Extent:
- Photograph
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
-
