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Title
Fire fighting crew uses a small bulldozer to clear brush after a fire in La Canada, Los Angeles, October 1945
Date Created and/or Issued
October 1945
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 use a small bulldozer to clear brush after a fire in La Canada. The brush fire 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.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Fire at La Canada (1945)
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: La Canada Fire
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1387_34223-03
34223
ark:/21198/zz00280d1q
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Fires--California--Los Angeles
Disaster
Environment
Bulldozers
Source
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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