Heat melted telephone in kitchen where brothers died
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Robbins, Jeff
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
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Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated December 6, 1963 reads, "Grim-faced Fire Capt. Jack Chell works at death scene." The article partially reads, "A bridegroom-to-be and his brother died in a fire today in the Sun Valley house which he planned to share with his bride. The brothers were spending their first night in the house. The two, Stanley Imoto, about 30, and Ernest Imoto, about 28, were pronounced dead at the scene of the early morning fire at 12238 Peoria St. Stanley, who reportedly was to be married Dec. 29, had purchased the house recently and he and his brother were in the process of fixing it up, fire officials said."; See images #00117029 through #00117030 for all photos in this series.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Identifier
00117029 Valley Times Collection HCNVT_d019_f12_i5 CARL0005339006 http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/50523
Subject
Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles Fires--California--Sun Valley (Los Angeles) Men--California--Los Angeles Dwellings--California--Sun Valley (Los Angeles) Lost architecture--California--Sun Valley (Los Angeles) Telephones Sun Valley (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs