Up Stairs Lounge Fire
Images from the UpStairs Lounge Fire, courtesy of Johnny Townsend
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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)
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