Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Related to the article, "Fire Perils Home Area. Blaze Sweeping Verdugo Hills. Two Hundred Men Battle Flames Fanned by Brisk Wind. Three Houses Doomed and Hundred Threatened Near La Crescenta." Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 1927: 1. View of the ruins of a home destroyed by the Sunset Canyon fires of early December, 1927, with only the hearth remaining. An upturned bathtub is in the right foreground and a metal headboard is in the right foreground. The fires destroyed approximately 100 bungalows and cabins in Sunset Canyon and caused additional damage elsewhere. Thousands fought the fire over several days. Text from negative sleeve: Fires, Los Angeles, Sunset Canyon, 1927.
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image
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_2314 ark:/21198/zz002dd8rp
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No linguistic content
Subject
Fires--California--Los Angeles Ruins--California--Los Angeles
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