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Title
Ground crews
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Dean, Gordon
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
Date Created and/or Issued
1961
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
Photograph was edited for publication purposes
The Bel Air Fire was a brush fire that began on November 5, 1961 in the Bel Air community of Los Angeles. 484 homes were destroyed and 16,090 acres were burned. As a direct result of the Bel Air Fire, Los Angeles initiated a series of laws and fire safety policies. These included the banning of wood shingle roofs in new construction and one of the most stringent brush clearance policies in the United States. The Los Angeles City Fire Department produced a documentary, "Design For Disaster," about the wildfire, narrated by William Conrad.
Photograph caption dated November 9, 1961 reads "Ground crews work fast to load borate bombers at Van Nuys National Guard Airport. The sticky liquid borate solution is pumped into the bellies of bombers, first photo, from the nearby mixing area, center, where workers mix borate powder with water. Officials said the borate was being flown over the Santa Monica Mountains at the rate of 20 tons an hour Wednesday. Workers, covered with the white powder, worked rapidly amongst the empty borate bags."; See images #00127219 through #00127222 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 22 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00127220
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d032_f26_i6
CARL0005438006
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/58765
Subject
Van Nuys Airport
Men--California--Los Angeles
Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles
Protective clothing--California--Los Angeles
Safety hats--California--Los Angeles
Breathing apparatus--California--Los Angeles
Overalls--California--Los Angeles
Gloves--California--Los Angeles
Borate minerals--California--Los Angeles
Airtankers (Forest fire control)--California--Los Angeles
Fire control (Aerial gunnery)--Equipment
Airplanes--California--Los Angeles
Hangars--California--Los Angeles
Mixing machinery--California--Los Angeles
Trucks--California--Los Angeles
Airports--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles)
Hose--California--Los Angeles
Tanks--California--Los Angeles
Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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