- Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Auditorium and Armory (Atlanta Municipal Auditorium) Fire
- Creator:
- Rogers, Kenneth, 1907-1989
- Date of Original:
- 1940-11-11
- Subject:
- Disasters--Georgia--Atlanta
Fires--Georgia--Atlanta
Fire fighters--Georgia--Atlanta
Fire fighting--Georgia--Atlanta
Firefighting equipment--Georgia--Atlanta
Equipment
Hoses
Water use--Georgia--Atlanta
Police--Georgia--Atlanta
Law enforcement--Georgia--Atlanta
Armories--Georgia--Atlanta
Military facilities--Georgia--Atlanta
Rescue work--Georgia--Atlanta
Rescue workers--Georgia--Atlanta
Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Atlanta, Ga.)
Auditorium and Armory (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of an unidentified man being escorted by police officers away from the Auditorium and Armory fire.
Atlanta Municipal Auditorium was built on the corner of Gilmer and Courtland Streets in downtown Atlanta, Georgia in 1909. The building was the site for numerous performances, civic and cultural events. It was renovated in 1938, and then partially destroyed during a fire in 1940. It opened again in 1943, and was later sold to Georgia State University in 1979. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 82.100.09
ahc082100009a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/Rogers/id/219
- Extent:
- 4 x 5 in. black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
