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Photograph was edited for publication purposes The Western Pacific Building held offices for the United States General Services Administration. Photograph caption dated October 11, 1963 reads, "Government employes [sic] and visitors to the General Services Building at 1031 S. Broadway participate in a mass evacuation while Los Angeles Fire Department units stand by. The drill was staged by the federal government to emphasize Fire Prevention Week. Evacuees included out-patients at the VA Clinic. All of the 12 floors were emptied, without the use of elevators, in eight minutes. Several hundred persons were in the building."
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Western Pacific Building (Los Angeles, Calif.) Herald-Examiner Building (Los Angeles, Calif.) United States.--General Services Administration Fire drills--California--Los Angeles Buildings--Evacuation--California--Los Angeles Office buildings--California--Los Angeles Newspaper buildings--California--Los Angeles Streets--California--Los Angeles Pedestrians--California--Los Angeles Fire engines--California--Los Angeles Crowds--California--Los Angeles Automobiles--California--Los Angeles Broadway (Los Angeles, Calif.) Eleventh Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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