Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. This photograph appears in the article, "Church Destroyed in $100,000 Hollywood Fire - Spring Festivals Begin." Los Angeles Times, 4 May 1935: 16. None View of the First Baptist Church of Hollywood on Selma and Las Palmas avenues ablaze. The fire destroyed the church on May 3, 1935. Undaunted by the fire that happened on a Friday, members of the church raised a large tent beside the ruins to conduct regular service the following Sunday. Text from negative sleeve: Fires, First Baptist Church, Hollywood. Handwritten on negative: Fire, First Baptist Church, Hollywood. Text from newspaper caption: Flames, Fanned by Wind, Rage through Structure. View of the Las Palmas avenue side of the First Baptist Church oh Hollywood as fire was at its height yesterday morning. At the extreme right are charred remains of the chapel, on the roof of which the fire is believed to have started, supposedly by sparks blown by the wind from a burning garage nearby. Three alarms were sounded, to which twelve pieces of fire-fighting apparatus responded, from seven companies. Three firemen were slightly injured. The loss was estimated at $100,000. [Los Angeles Times, 4 May 1935: 16]
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image
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_2303 ark:/21198/zz002dd8c0
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Churches--California--Los Angeles Fire fighting--California--Los Angeles Fires--California--Los Angeles Firefighting equipment--California--Los Angeles First Baptist Church (Hollywood, Calif.)
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