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Fire fighting crew in La Canada surveying damage from a brush fire, Los Angeles, October 1945

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Title: Fire fighting crew in La Canada surveying damage from a brush fire, Los Angeles, October 1945
Date Created and/or Issued: October 1945
1945-10
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.
Fire fighting crews in La Canada survey damage from the brush fire that threatened four foothill communities including La Canada, Montrose, Glendale, and Flintridge. The crew saved many homes from the blaze, but several old cars were destroyed, as seen here.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Fire at La Canada (1945)
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz00280cz6
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Fire fighting--California--Los Angeles
Automobiles--American--California--Los Angeles
Disaster
Fires--California--Los Angeles
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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