Forest service truck crew watches Texas Canyon fire line
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Hyde, Alan
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph article dated June 15, 1961 partially reads, "More than 400 firefighters battling a 4,500-acre brush fire 12 miles northeast of Newhall were fighting both the flames and the weather in order to contain the blaze today. The temperature this morning was again heading toward a 100-plus mark. Winds up to 15 miles per hour were predicted...The fire is on the southern edge of the Angeles National Forest....The major blaze, which has severely damaged watershed, was touched off at 9:20 a.m. yesterday when a resident in Mint Canyon illegally set fire to trash, arson investigators said."; See images #00114991 through #00114992 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
United States.--Forest Service Fires--California--Los Angeles County Fire engines--California--Los Angeles County Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles County Men--California--Los Angeles County Brush--California--Los Angeles County Unincorporated areas--California--Los Angeles County Los Angeles County (Calif.) Night photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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