Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Scene of the Encino Country Club when threatened by a canyon fire on August 2, 1924. Smoke rolls off of the surrounding hills. This photograph appears on the photo page titled, "Looking Through the Lens at Bits of Life." Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 1924: A8. Related to the article, "Brush Fire Razes Homes. Four Houses Destroyed in Canyon on Ventura Roads; Encino Country Club Periled." Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 1924: 1. Text from newspaper caption: Blaze Menaces Country Club - Four cabins in Canyon B were destroyed Saturday and considerable acreage burned over by a bush fire which for a time threatened the Encino Country Club. Text from negative sleeve: Encino Club, Fire. Handwritten on negative sleeve: Encino Club Fire.
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Image
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_2260 ark:/21198/zz002dd6ws
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No linguistic content
Subject
Fires--California--Los Angeles Country clubs--California--Los Angeles Encino Country Club (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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