- Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Terminal Hotel Fire
- Creator:
- Rogers, Kenneth, 1907-1989
- Date of Original:
- 1938-05-16
- Subject:
- Hotels--Georgia--Atlanta
Disasters--Georgia--Atlanta
Fires--Georgia--Atlanta
Fire fighters--Georgia--Atlanta
Fire fighting--Georgia--Atlanta
Victims--Georgia--Atlanta
Disaster victims--Georgia--Atlanta
Rescue work--Georgia--Atlanta
Rescue workers--Georgia--Atlanta
Terminal Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.)
Atlanta Terminal Station (Atlanta, Ga.)
Atlanta Fire Department (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of unidentified men removing the body of a victim from a fire at the Terminal Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia.
Terminal Hotel was 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 82.102.27
ahc082102027a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/Rogers/id/339
- Extent:
- 4 x 5 in. black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
