- Collection:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs
- Title:
- The Winecoff Hotel fire where guests tried to escape out windows, 1946
- Creator:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Date of Original:
- 1946-12-07
- Subject:
- Hotels
Hotels--Fires and fire prevention
Fires
Historic Buildings
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: "Winecoff Hotel. Hotel Fire, December 1946." Caption: "Worst Hotel Fire in U.S. History: Escape ropes made form bed-sheets hang from the windows of the Winecoff Hotel as firefighters battle 1946 blaze which left 119 dead. Friday december 5, 1986 J"
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ajc/id/12405
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/ajc:12405/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: AJCP335-007b, 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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