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Title: California State Fair Agricultural Building Fire
Date Created and/or Issued: 1931
Contributing Institution: Sacramento Public Library
Collection: Sacramento Room Photographs
Rights Information: This image may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.). Copyright restrictions applying to the reproduction and use of this image are available from the Sacramento Public Library.
Description: This photograph shows a fiery Machinery Hall and its 150-foot tower on the evening of May 22, 1931, at the California State Fairgrounds, 2751 Stockton Blvd. The total cost of the blaze was $100,000. The fire's glow could be seen from the city's suburbs and attracted a total of five engine companies and chemical units.
Type: image
Identifier: 996
http://sacroom.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15248coll1/id/1529
Subject: California State Fair
Festivals and Celebrations
Fires
Source: Sacramento Room Photograph Collection

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