Fires -- Georgia -- Atlanta
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Atlanta Fire Department Detailed Statement of Fires for the Year 1894
This collection contains a chart detailing every building fire, described either as a dwelling, restaurant, or factory, that occurred Atlanta in 1894. Information includes the location, owner, value, damage, and cause of fire.
Bernard L. Solari Photographs
These photographs depict the aftermath of a fire at Loew’s Grand Theatre in Atlanta. Included are photographs of the exterior of the building, interior light fixtures, the lobby area, theatre seating, and the theatre stage area, all damaged by the fire.
City of Atlanta Records
Cotten Alston photographs
Francis E. Price photograph collection
Frank B. Davenport photographs
Atlanta resident Frank Davenport took these photographs after the fire. One image depicts the damage done to the house of Frank and Emmagene Davenport at 345 Pine Street. Also included are wider-angle shots from an aerial perspective offering a more complete view of the damage.
H. I. Kimball House collection
This collection primarily contains ground rent receipts as well as some records pertaining to the original Kimball House.
Harriette Speer Parker photographs
John Terrell photographs
This collection includes photographs of Atlanta Fire Department personnel, fire chiefs and assistant chiefs, fire stations, and the Fire Department Band and Drum Corps. Also featured are aerial views of Atlanta, a group portrait of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, and a series of portraits of Atlanta Fire Chief John Terrell. Of particular note are images of the aftermath of the Great Atlanta Fire of 1917 in the Old Fourth Ward neighborhood.
Norman F. Bielowicz Photographs
These images were taken by Norman F. Bielowicz of Decatur, Georgia and depict the fire that occurred on January 30, 1978 at the Loew’s Grand Theatre in Atlanta.
Steve B. Campbell Atlanta Fire Department Photographs
Travelers Insurance records of the 1917 Atlanta fire
Winecoff Hotel collection
This collection is comprised of materials pertaining to the Winecoff Hotel fire of 1946 that killed 119 individuals. The scrapbook contains newspaper accounts of the fire and aftermath. The remainder of the material is transcripts of testimony given during courts cases involving victims of the fire.