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Title
Building in fire during Watts Riots
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1965
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
A fireman on a tall ladder aims water at fire on the rooftop of a building complex in Watts. Corner building has a Liquor store, A Chop Suey and Seafood restaurant and a Jewelry Store. Two other firemen on a shorter ladder can be seen on the left, by the "Liquor" sign. Officers with rifles stand guard by the alley.
Type
Image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00036436
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 1993; HE-001-924 4x5
CARL0000039419
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/11569
Subject
Watts Riot, Los Angeles, Calif., 1965
Fires--California--Watts (Los Angeles)
Riots--California--Los Angeles
Storefronts--California--Watts (Los Angeles)
Commercial buildings--California--Watts (Los Angeles)
Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles
Lost architecture--California--Watts (Los Angeles)
Streets--California--Watts (Los Angeles)
Sidewalks--California--Watts (Los Angeles)
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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