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Title
Workers fighting a fire in Griffith Park, 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.
Workers in a canyon in Griffith Park. Smoke from a fire is visible in the distance.
Text from negative sleeve: Los Angeles, Parks, Griffith Park, Fires
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_6110
ark:/21198/zz002cw89t
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Fires--California--Los Angeles
Griffith Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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