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Title
Burned-out area of Griffith Park after a fire, Los Angeles, 1933
Date Created and/or Issued
October 1933
1933-10
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
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
The 1933 Griffith Park Fire was a brush fire that occurred on 3 October 1933 in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, resulting in the deaths of at least 29 civilians who were trying to fight the fire. It was one of the deadliest firefighter disasters in United States history.
Text from negative sleeve: Los Angeles, Parks, Griffith Park, Fires
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_6100
ark:/21198/zz002cw7z5
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Griffith Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Fires--California--Los Angeles
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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