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Title: Richfield Oil Refinery explosion and fire, Signal Hill, crowds watching the fire
Date Created and/or Issued: June 2, 1933 ?
Contributing Institution: California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection: Long Beach Fireman's Historical Museum Photographs Collection
Rights Information: Permission to publish the image must be obtained from the CSUDH Archives as owner of the physical item and copyright. In instances when copyright ownership is not clear it is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain copyright permission
Description: Equipment burned and mangled around site, tree scorched. Men in foreground work through wreckage of structure as smoke billows from fire in background. Fire was caused by the explosion of a gasoline tank, a nearby home was demolished and a mother and child were killed. Fire was most likely caused by damage sustained during 1933 earthquake. Same as Photo 715.
Fire was most likely caused by damage sustained during 1933 earthquake
Type: Image
Identifier: 732
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/LBFiremen/id/2054
Source: Long Beach Fireman's Historical Museum Photographs Collection
CSUDH Archives
Relation: Explosions; Fires; Fire Damage; Oil Fires; Oil Wells
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