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Title
Firemen cut brush to slow Bouquet Canyon fire
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Leach, Larry
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
1963
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; Title supplied by cataloger.
Photograph article dated August 15, 1963 partially reads, "The Bouquet Canyon brush fire continued to burn out of control today with 2,300 acres blackened in its wake. Some 550 firemen, many of whom have been on the lines since the fire began at 12:35 p.m. Wednesday, faced another day of high temperatures and low humidity."
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00119005
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d023_f5_i8
CARL0005379053
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/52318
Subject
Fires--California--Los Angeles County
Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles County
Men--California--Los Angeles County
Brush--California--Los Angeles County
Wildfires--California--Los Angeles County--Prevention and control
Bouquet Canyon (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Los Angeles County (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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