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.
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
Subjects:
Fire fighters
Fire
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