United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Alabama Street, 33.751816, -84.388998United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Peachtree Street, 33.798452, -84.3910732United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Whitehall StreetLane Brothers1939-12-15[further information on reverse of photograph]View of Mrs. Thomas J. Ripley, the president of the Atlanta chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC), lighting the Eternal Flame of the Confederacy as part of the Gone With the Wind movie premiere festivities, at the corner of Whitehall Street (now Peachtree Street) and Alabama Street in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, with T. Guy Woolford (far right), the commander of Atlanta's Old Guard, and Col. Franklin S. Chalmers (center), also of the Old Guard.old southGone with the Wind was a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel written by Author Margaret Mitchell in 1936. The novel concerns a young woman's life in the midst of the Civil War and Reconstruction. In 1939 the book was made into a film, starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable. The film premiered in Atlanta, Georgia at Loew's Grand Theater.image/jpegVIS 170.1788.001ahc1701788001.jpgAtlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Centerhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Atlanta History Photograph CollectionMotion picture premieres--Georgia--AtlantaWomen--1930-1940Military officers--GeorgiaLightingLampposts--Georgia--AtlantaCrowds--Georgia--AtlantaUnited Daughters of the ConfederacyGone With the Wind Movie Premiere FestivitiesStillImage