Photographer (Creator)

Vann E. HettingerFollow

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Close up of fire showing flaming debris falling from building which is obscured by flames and smoke. Extension ladder from the fire engine visible and a patch of blue sky at top. Adler’s Dept. Store on Broughton Street in Savannah Georgia USA photo made on May 20 1958.

Creation Date (Actual or Estimated)

5-20-1958

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Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License
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Scanned from film images by the photographer Vann E. Hettinger. On May 20th 1958 he photographed fire that consumed Adler’s Dept. Store on Broughton Street. The Savannah Morning News called it the worst downtown fire since 1889 and Adler’s a landmark for shoppers for 70 years. Finding Aid https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/finding-aids-lane/2/

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