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Knickerbocker Theater
January 28, 1922
The Knickerbocker Theatre was a movie theater located at 18th Street and Columbia Road in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The theater's roof collapsed on January 28, 1922 under the weight of snow from a two-day blizzard that was later dubbed the "Knickerbocker Storm." As a result of the collapse, 98 people died and 133 were injured. It was a historically significant rescue and recovery event for the D.C. Fire Department.
Knickerbocker Theater
Date: January 1922
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-05701]
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-05701]
Knickerbocker Theater
Date: January 1922
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-05699]
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-05699]
Knickerbocker Theater
Date: January 30, 1922
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-22642]
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-22642]
Knickerbocker Theater
Collapsed roof following snowstorm on January 28, 1922. Knickerbocker Theater located on the southwest corner of 18th Street and Columbia Road, N.W., Washington, D.C.
Date: January 1922
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-hec-41932]
Date: January 1922
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-hec-41932]
Knickerbocker Theater
Date: January 1922
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-05690]
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-05690]
Knickerbocker Theater
Date: January 1922
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-05693]
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-05693]
Knickerbocker Theater
Date: January 1922
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-05698]
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-05698]
Knickerbocker Theater
Date: January 1922
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-05702]
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-05702]
Knickerbocker Theater
Date: January 1922
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-05701]
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-05701]
Knickerbocker Theater
Date: January 1922
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-05699]
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-05699]
Knickerbocker Theater
Date: January 30, 1922
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-22642]
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-22642]
Knickerbocker Theater
Collapsed roof following snowstorm on January 28, 1922. Knickerbocker Theater located on the southwest corner of 18th Street and Columbia Road, N.W., Washington, D.C.
Date: January 1922
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-hec-41932]
Date: January 1922
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-hec-41932]
Knickerbocker Theater
Date: January 1922
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-05690]
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-05690]
Knickerbocker Theater
Date: January 1922
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-05693]
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-05693]
Knickerbocker Theater
Date: January 1922
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-05698]
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-05698]
Knickerbocker Theater
Date: January 1922
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-05702]
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-05702]
Knickerbocker Theater
Date: January 1922
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-05701]
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-05701]
Knickerbocker Theater
Date: January 1922
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-05699]
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-05699]
Knickerbocker Theater
Date: January 30, 1922
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-22642]
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-22642]
Knickerbocker Theater
Collapsed roof following snowstorm on January 28, 1922. Knickerbocker Theater located on the southwest corner of 18th Street and Columbia Road, N.W., Washington, D.C.
Date: January 1922
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-hec-41932]
Date: January 1922
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-hec-41932]
Knickerbocker Theater
Date: January 1922
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-05690]
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-05690]
Knickerbocker Theater
Date: January 1922
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-05693]
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-05693]
Knickerbocker Theater
Date: January 1922
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-05698]
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-05698]
Knickerbocker Theater
Date: January 1922
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-05702]
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-05702]
Knickerbocker Theater
Date: January 1922
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-05701]
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-05701]
Knickerbocker Theater
Date: January 1922
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-05699]
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-05699]
Knickerbocker Theater
Date: January 30, 1922
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-22642]
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-22642]
Knickerbocker Theater
Collapsed roof following snowstorm on January 28, 1922. Knickerbocker Theater located on the southwest corner of 18th Street and Columbia Road, N.W., Washington, D.C.
Date: January 1922
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-hec-41932]
Date: January 1922
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-hec-41932]