Up Stairs Lounge Fire
Images from the UpStairs Lounge Fire, courtesy of Johnny Townsend
See this page for more detailed information about the Up Stairs Lounge Fire.
Rusty Quinton
Luther Boggs and Jean Gosnell
UpStairs Lounge and men near piano
Two men who didn't make it out the window
Bill Larson and fire chief McCrossen
Luther Boggs on stretcher
Ken Harrington
Robert Lumpkin
Ricky Everett
Reggie Adams
Adam Fontenot
Bud Matyi
Mitch Mitchell
Bill Bailey
Stanley and Gene Davis
Theater at UpStairs Lounge
Buddy Rasmussen on either Mardi Gras or Halloween
Stanley and Napoleon
Buddy Rasmussen
The regular crowd
Original UpStairs Lounge photos in Wayne Phillips collection
June 25, 1973, Times-Picayune photo by Ralph Uribe
June 25, 1973, Times-Picayune/States-Item photo by G. E. Arnold
June 25, 1973, Times-Picayune photo by Ralph Uribe
June 25, 1973, Times-Picayune photo by G. E. Arnold
June 25, 1973, Times-Picayune photo by Philip Ames
June 25, 1973, Times-Picayune photo by Philip Ames
June 25, 1973, Times-Picayune photo by H. J. Patterson
June 26, 1973, AP photo (photographer not identified on reverse)
June 26, 1973, AP photo by Jack Thornell
June 26, 1973, AP photo (photographer not identified on reverse)
June 28, 1973, AP photo (photographer not identified on reverse)
June 14, 1974, photo by A. J. Vidacovich
June 24, 1974, Times-Picayune/States-Item photo by Ralph Uribe
The Fire UpStairs
thefireupstairs.com
A podcast miniseries about the UpStairs Lounge arson, its history and themes.
A Deadly Arson At A Gay Bar Was Never Officially Solved. A New Podcast Examines Why. (huffpost.com)
There’s Still A Lot to Learn About One of History’s Deadliest Attacks on a Gay Bar (out.com)
‘Bury them in fruit jars.’ A gay mass murder and the cover-up that followed (lgbtqnation.com)
50 Years Later, the UpStairs Lounge Fire Is More Important to Remember Than Ever (thenation.com)
Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts
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