- Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Terminal Hotel Fire
- Creator:
- Rogers, Kenneth, 1907-1989
- Date of Original:
- 1938-05
- Subject:
- Graves--Georgia--Atlanta
Cemeteries--Georgia--Atlanta
Death--Georgia--Atlanta
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Atlanta
Fires--Georgia--Atlanta
Disasters--Georgia--Atlanta
Coffins
Priests--Georgia--Atlanta
Hotels--Georgia--Atlanta
Terminal Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.)
Hillcrest Cemetery (Atlanta, Ga.)
Hillcrest Cemetary Memorial Association (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 funeral service at Hillcrest Cemetery for victims of the Terminal Hotel fire, in Atlanta Georgia.
Terminal Hotel was located on Spring Street and built in 1908. On May 16, 1938 an explosion in the basement or the kitchen started a fire which destroyed the building, and killed 34 people. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 82.103.08
ahc082103008a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/Rogers/id/191
- Extent:
- 4 x 5 in. black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
