United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798Rogers, Kenneth, 1907-19891940-11-11View of firefighters in Atlanta, Georgia rescuing a man from a second story window of the Auditorium and Armory building, while other firefighters continue to try to extinguish the fire, and a crowd of people looks on.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.image/jpegVIS 82.100.10ahc082100010a.jpghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Kenneth Rogers Photographs, Atlanta History CenterDisasters--Georgia--AtlantaFires--Georgia--AtlantaFire fighters--Georgia--AtlantaFire fighting--Georgia--AtlantaFirefighting equipment--Georgia--AtlantaHosesArmories--Georgia--AtlantaMilitary facilities--Georgia--AtlantaRescue work--Georgia--AtlantaRescue workers--Georgia--AtlantaAtlanta Municipal Auditorium (Atlanta, Ga.)Auditorium and Armory (Atlanta, Ga.)Atlanta Fire Department (Atlanta, Ga.)Auditorium and Armory (Atlanta Municipal Auditorium) FireStillImage