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Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated June 26, 1963 reads, "A fireman soaks down embers from a brush fire which spread over six acres in Sun Valley shortly after noon Tuesday near Roscoe Blvd. and Glencrest Dr. Firemen said no structures were threatened by the blaze which was reported at 12:24 p.m. It was out 30 minutes later after 10 fire companies, a helicopter unit mountain fire trucks answered the alarm because of the high brush fire danger. One fire official said the fire was started by four boys about 12 or 13 years old who are being sought by authorities. The fire was only a half mile north of one which burned almost five acres of brushland [sic] June 21."
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Identifier
00121656 Valley Times Collection HCNVT_d026_f2_i16 CARL0005400647 http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/54449
Subject
Los Angeles (Calif.).--Police Department--Employees Men--California--Los Angeles Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles Fires--California--Sun Valley (Los Angeles) Fire extinction--California--Los Angeles Fire extinction--Water-supply Fire hose Fire engines--California--Los Angeles Automobiles--California--Los Angeles Sidewalks--California--Los Angeles Electric lines--Poles and towers Brush--California--Los Angeles Trees--California--Los Angeles Dwellings--California--Sun Valley (Los Angeles) Lost architecture--California--Sun Valley (Los Angeles) Streets--California--Sun Valley (Los Angeles) Mountains--California, Southern Sun Valley (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
