- Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Terminal Hotel Fire
- Creator:
- Rogers, Kenneth, 1907-1989
- Date of Original:
- 1938-05
- Subject:
- Hotels--Georgia--Atlanta
Fires--Georgia--Atlanta
Disasters--Georgia--Atlanta
Crowds--Georgia--Atlanta
Firefighting equipment--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 Terminal Hotel in Atlanta Georgia, and the crowd gathered to watch firefighters search for victims after a fire damaged the building the night before.
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 82.103.09
ahc082103009a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/Rogers/id/341
- Extent:
- 4 x 5 in. black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
