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Title: Firefighters on ladder fighting flames at Newmark Bros. building, Los Angeles, 1928
Date Created and/or Issued: November 29, 1928
1928-11-29
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: Close view of firefighters on ladder hauling hose and fighting flames at Newmark Bros. building. Photo appears with the article, "TONS OF COFFEE BURNED: Afternoon Blaze in Newmark Building Destroys Stock and Machinery With Loss of $100,000," Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 1928: A1.
Handwritten on negative: Newmark fire
Text from newspaper caption: Efficient Hook and Ladder Work Demonstrated. Perched high above terra firma these local smoke-eaters win hard fight against raging flames, gaining control of the situation in thirty minutes.
Text from negative sleeve: Fires — Newmark.
Type: image
Format: b&w glass negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3711_G2454
ark:/21198/z1x69dwc
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Fires--California--Los Angeles County
Fire fighting--California--Los Angeles County
Fire engines & equipment--California--Los Angeles
Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles County
Newmark Bros. Coffee and Tea Importers
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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