- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Winecoff Hotel Fire
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1947-12-07
- Subject:
- Hotels--Georgia--Atlanta
Fires--Georgia--Atlanta
Guests--Georgia--Atlanta
Men--1940-1950
Clothing & dress--1940-1950
Winecoff Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of a guest of the Winecoff Hotel evacuating during the fire on December 7, 1946.
Suitcase; firehose; barefoot; fedora; fire hat; fire engine; overcoat; blanket; hiding; covering face; sleeping clothes; pajamas; suitcase
The Winecoff Hotel was built in 1913 and located on the 100 block of Peachtree Street in downtown Atlanta. The hotel burned in a fire in 1946 that killed 119 people. The fire prompted immediate changes to building and fire codes. The building re-opened in the 1950's as the Peachtree On Peachtree Hotel. In 2007 the building was reopened as the Hotel Ellis. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 170.3854.001
ahc1703854001.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/2149
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S Code) Permission ofr use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 8 x 10 in.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
