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Burst fire hydrant flooding 1st and Main St. in downtown Los Angeles, circa 1940

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Title: Burst fire hydrant flooding 1st and Main St. in downtown Los Angeles, circa 1940
Date Created and/or Issued: [1940]
1940
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.
Crowd gathered to see a burst fire hydrant at 1st and Main St. in downtown Los Angeles. Water is spraying from the base of the hydrant and flooding the street
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Fire Plug 1st Main
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Fire Dept. - LA - Fire plug at 1st and Main Sts.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz002805xs
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Fire hydrants
Environment
Floods--California--Los Angeles
Disaster
Crowds--California--Los Angeles
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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