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Title
Firemen injured
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
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
1959
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 caption refers to the Angeles National Forest fire that began on October 13, 1959 in the Dark Canyon area of the Angeles National Forest. 30 m.p.h. gusts were responsible for the swift and erratic spread of the fires that burned through La Can~ada Flintridge and Big Tujunga Canyon, and threatening a wide span of neighborhoods including Altadena, Pasadena, Palmdale, and La Crescenta.
Photograph caption dated October 14, 1959 reads, "Fireman Robert J. Pachico, 21, left, of Ojo Sarco, N. M., rests his broken arm in sling as ambulance attendants lift another firefighter, Eugene S. Kalhdusdal, 19, of Sun Valley, into ambulance. Kalhdusdal, of 10922 Penrose St., suffered fractured spine and gash on his head. Both were treated at Glendale Sanitarium and Hospital."; See images #00114961 through #00114964 for all photos in this series.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00114962
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d016_f21_i12
CARL0005296715
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/47931
Subject
Fires--California--La Can~ada Flintridge
Fire fighters--California--La Can~ada Flintridge
Men--California--La Can~ada Flintridge
Fire fighters--Wounds and injuries
Ambulances--California--La Can~ada Flintridge
La Can~ada Flintridge (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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