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Title
Firefighters on ladder fighting fire on 5th floor of 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 Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. E-mail: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310)825-4988
Description
Dark plumes of smoke emerge out from the windows on the 5th floor of the Newmark Bros. building as firefighters try to put out the fire from the ladder. Multiple fire trucks are parked in front of the burning building as pedestrians watch from across the street.
Handwritten on negative: First & San Pedro Sts. Newmark fire
Text from negative sleeve: Fires — Newmark.
Type
image
Format
b&w glass negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_b3711_G2453
ark:/21198/zz0002p2wj
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Business districts--California--Los Angeles
Fire engines--California--Los Angeles
Fires--California--Los Angeles
Fire fighting--California--Los Angeles
Newmark Bros. Coffee and Tea Importers
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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