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Oil field workers watch as fire fighters attempt to control a blaze at the Santa Fe Springs oil field, Santa Fe Springs, July 29, 1937

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Title: Oil field workers watch as fire fighters attempt to control a blaze at the Santa Fe Springs oil field, Santa Fe Springs, July 29, 1937
Date Created and/or Issued: July 29, 1937
Publication Information: Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Oil field workers watch as fire fighters hose down a fire at the Santa Fe Springs field. The fire started at 6 am and raged for two hours as fire fighters from two county fire companies and three emergency oil company crews worked to contain it. Three oil wells were destroyed and damage exceeded $100,000
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Santa Fe Springs Oil Derrick on fire
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Santa Fe Springs Oil Derricks on fire
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1387_15171-00
ark:/21198/zz0025gcqm
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Oil wells--California--Santa Fe Springs
Oil well drilling rigs--California--Santa Fe Springs
Fire fighting--California--Santa Fe Springs
Disaster
Environment
Fires--California--Santa Fe Springs
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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