- Collection:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs
- Title:
- Woman falling to her death during the Winecoff Hotel fire, 1946
- Creator:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Date of Original:
- 1946-12-07
- Subject:
- Fires
Hotels
Disaster victims
Suicide victims
Pulitzer Prizes
Winecoff Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, 33.79025, -84.46702
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Printed on back: "A split second after this photograph was made, December 7, 1946, this unidentified woman crashed to her death on the marquee of the Winecoff Hotel, Atlanta, Ga., after leaping from the upper story. More than 100 persons lost their lives in the hotel fire. Photo made by Arnold Hardy, Georgia Tech Student." Caption: "This Pulitzer Prize-winning photo by Arnold Hardy was taken during the 1946 Winecoff fire which killed 119. Monday September 2, 1991 CJ" Caption: "Georgia Tech student Andrew Hardy took this Pulitzer Prize-winning photo of a woman plunging to her death in a bid to escape the 1946 Winecoff Hotel fire. Thursday November 15, 1990 JC" Caption: "Georgia Tech student Arnold Hardy took this photo of an unidentified woman falling. He later won a Pulitzer Prize for it. Friday December 5, 1986"
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ajc/id/12374
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/ajc:12374/manifest.json
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright to items in this collection is owned by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Items may be used for scholarship, educational, and personal use. Additional uses will require permission of the rights holder.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: AJCP335-007a, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic Archives. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic Archive;
Photographic Collections; - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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