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Title: "Fire" ...Six Garages at 727-31 Beacon Avenue ...Suspicion of Arson, 1951
Creator: Mandel
Date Created and/or Issued: 1951-11-16
Publication Information: University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution: University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection: Los Angeles Examiner Collection, 1920-1961
Rights Information: Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
USC Libraries Special Collections
University of Southern California
specol@usc.edu
Description: 1 image. "Fire" ...Six Garages at 727-31 Beacon Avenue ...Suspicion of Arson, 16 November 1951. General views.
Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Mandel. Date: 1951-11-16. Reporter: McDowell. Assignment: Fire -- 727-31 Beacon Ave. Flames towering 75 feet in air destroyed five garages, damaged a sixth at 727 and 731 Beacon Avenue. Fire Department investigating possible arson after neighbors reported man lurking in alley by garages shorty before fire started. Garage owners -- Arthur Taylor, 731 Beacon Avenue and Rose Gottdank, 727 Beacon Avenue. Six fire companies responded on call.
Type: image
Format: 1 photograph : negative, b&w
10 x 13 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier: examiner-m6900
EXM-N-9400-011~1
http://doi.org/10.25549/examiner-m6900
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/EXM-N-9400-011~1.jpg
Time Period: 1951-11-16
Place: 727-31 BeaconAvenue
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source: 9400-011 [Sleeve Number]
University of Southern California [Contributing entity]
Relation: Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961
Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961
examiner-m1663

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