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
5 images. Fire at 201 North [South] Norton Avenue, Los Angeles, 1 January 1955. Louise Crawford (dead in fire) Norman Sterry (father of dead woman). Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Mitchell. Date: 1955-01-01. Assignment: Fire, 1 fatal., 201 S. Norton, L.A. 70: Louise Crawford dead in fire at 201 S. Norton. 69: Norman Sterry (father of dead woman walking out of house). Dining room with burned chairs staked on table and silver ware on table. Fire place in living room. Exterior of home at 201 S. Norton." Please note that the address is 201 North Norton Avenue as of February 2014, the house is still there (GPS coordinates: 34.074775,-118.317553).
Type
image
Format
5 photographs : negatives, b&w 13 x 10 cm. image/tiff negatives (photographic) photographs
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