Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2009.19.032
Accession#:
2009.19
Credit Line:
Donated by the Juneau Volunteer Firefighters Association.
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
Title:
Coliseum Theater fire
Photographer:
Davis, Trevor
Place:
Juneau
Date:
01/20/1946
Description:
Hand colored photo of burning building and spectators.
Black and White photograph with hand applied pigments. Large building with smoke billows in center. Firement with hoses in proper right. A group of onlooks in lower center of photo. top layer of photo has been ripped in top proper right corner/side and lower proper left corner. Written on back in blue ink: "Colusium Theater & Apts Shattuck Way side next to Alaska Laundry 1946?" The initials "MM" are also written in blue ink.
Black and White photograph with hand applied pigments. Large building with smoke billows in center. Firement with hoses in proper right. A group of onlooks in lower center of photo. top layer of photo has been ripped in top proper right corner/side and lower proper left corner. Written on back in blue ink: "Colusium Theater & Apts Shattuck Way side next to Alaska Laundry 1946?" The initials "MM" are also written in blue ink.
Notes:
Fire took place on January 20, 1946. Apartments above the theater were also lost. The Coliseum was originally built as a roller skating rink.
Search Terms:
Emergency Service
Fire
Theater
Fire
Theater
Subjects:
Fire fighters
Fire
Fire
Click to Enlarge
Coliseum fire
Coliseum fire