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Title: Aerial view of an auto show 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: In the lower half of the image, a crowd of spectators watches the exhibition tent opening crumble in the fire. Only the scaffolding of the tent remains along with the signs reading "Auto" and "Show." 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.
Text from negative sleeve: Auto show fire. 3/??/29
Type: image
Format: b&w glass negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3691_G220
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Language: English
Subject: Automobile shows--California--Los Angeles
Aerial views
Fires--California--Los Angeles
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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