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Title
Aerial view outside an auto show during a fire, Los Angeles, 1929
Date Created and/or Issued
March 5, 1929
1929-03-05
Publication Information
Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information
US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Spectators exit the exhibition tent as smoke overtakes the aream with cars in the foreground. A long hose is on the street. A similar image taken on the same occasion appears with the article "Panoramic View of Auto Show Grounds Taken During $1,250,000 Fire," Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 1929: 15.
Handwritten on negative: Auto Show Fire 3-6-29
Text from negative sleeve: Auto show fire. 1929
Type
image
Format
b&w glass negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_b3691_G216
ark:/21198/z12v87x5
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Automobile shows--California--Los Angeles
Aerial views
Fires--California--Los Angeles
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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