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Aerial view of two buildings on fire on Avalon Blvd. between 107th and 108th street during Watts Riots, Los Angeles, 1965

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Title: Aerial view of two buildings on fire on Avalon Blvd. between 107th and 108th street during Watts Riots, Los Angeles, 1965
Contributor: Fry, George R
Date Created and/or Issued: 1965-08-15
August 15, 1965
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) 825-4295
Description: AERIAL VIEW-Two buildings on Avalon Blvd., the left one at 107th St. are the right one at 108th St., go up in flames in this picture from a helicopter.
Type: Image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b556_229847
ark:/21198/zz0002twdp
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Disaster
Fire engines & equipment--California--Los Angeles County--1960-1970
Fires--California--Los Angeles County
Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles County
War
Offenses against property--California--Los Angeles
Smoke plumes
African Americans--Social conditions--California--Los Angeles County
Watts Riot, Los Angeles, Calif., 1965
Crime
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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