Save the Fox campaign

Collection:

New Georgia Encyclopedia

Date:

1976

URL at Partner site:

http://georgiaencyclopedia.org/file/7427

DLG URL:

https://dlg.usg.edu/record/nge_ngen_m-2840

Subject:

Theaters--Georgia--Atlanta, Posters--Georgia--Atlanta, Delta Zeta Sorority, Apes in art, Fund raising--Georgia--Atlanta, Airplanes in art, and Fox Theatre (Atlanta, Ga.)

Spatial coverage:

United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798

Medium:

posters

Description:

Image of a "Save the Fox" poster from 1976 advertising "An Evening at the Fox" fund-raising event held by Delta Zeta sorority. The poster features a giant ape standing atop the theatre. He holds an airplane in his hand.||During the 1970s, the Atlanta, Georgia theater was threatened with demolition, but efforts by Atlanta historic preservation groups prevented its destruction.

Holding Institution:

New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/