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VIS 170.3116.001 Gone With the Wind Anniversary Luncheon

Gone With the Wind Anniversary Luncheon

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Title Gone With the Wind Anniversary Luncheon
Photographer Unknown
Description View of a luncheon at the Capital City Club Miradore Room commemorating the first anniversary of the movie premiere of Gone With the Wind and benefitting the British War Relief effort, with (foreground, left to right) Atlanta businessman Jesse Draper, actress Evelyn Keyes, Atlanta Mayor William Hartsfield, Edna Thornton, Atlanta businessman Baxter Maddox, author Margaret Mitchell, Red McGil, and an unidentified individual attending.
Geographic Location Atlanta (Ga.)
Subject Luncheons--Georgia--Atlanta
Anniversaries--Georgia--Atlanta
Celebrations--Georgia--Atlanta
Authors--Georgia--Atlanta
Mayors--Georgia--Atlanta
Business people--Georgia--Atlanta
Actresses
Eating & drinking--Georgia--Atlanta
Personal Name Draper, Jesse, 1887-1973
Keyes, Evelyn, 1916-2008
Hartsfield, William Berry, 1890-1971
Thornton, Edna
Maddox, Baxter
Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949
McGill, Red
Corporate Name Capital City Club (Atlanta, Ga.)
Date Original 1940 December 12
Date Digital 2009
Type 11 x 14 in. sepia tone silver gelatin print
Digital Format JPEG
Catalogue Number VIS 170.3116.001
Collection Atlanta History Photograph Collection
Publisher Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta, GA 30305
Rights This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S Code) Permission ofr use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
Notes Gone with the Wind was a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel written by Author Margaret Mitchell in 1936. The novel concerns a young woman's life in the midst of the Civil War and Reconstruction. In 1939 the book was made into a film, starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable. The film premiered in Atlanta, Georgia at Loew's Grand Theater.
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