- Collection:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs
- Title:
- Firefighters remove a Winecoff Hotel fire victim off the building's marquee, 1946
- Creator:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Contributor to Resource:
- Colley, Buddy (Photographer)
- Date of Original:
- 1946-12-07
- Subject:
- Hotels
Hotels--Fires and fire prevention
Fires
Marquees
Fire fighters
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." Caption: "Body removed from marquee of Winecoff. Firemen remove the body of a person who jumped to the marquee of the hotel in a vain attempt to escape death from the flames above. Journal Photo Buddy Colley. December 8, 1946." Caption: "Firefighters remove a victim from the marquee of the downtown Winecoff Hotel. The person was one of 119 who died in the late-night blaze on December 7, 1946. Sunday June 20, 1993 JC"
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ajc/id/12407
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/ajc:12407/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: AJCP335-007g, 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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