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Man stands at ruins of home destroyed by the Sunset Canyon fire, Los Angeles, 1927

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Title: Man stands at ruins of home destroyed by the Sunset Canyon fire, Los Angeles, 1927
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa December 4, 1927]
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.
This photograph appears in the article, "Raging Bush Fires Wipe Out Mountain Retreats in Sunset Canyon." Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 1927: A8.
View of the hearth amid the ruins of a home destroyed by the Sunset Canyon fires of early December, 1927. A man stands before the ruins. The fires destroyed approximately 100 bungalows and cabins in Sunset Canyon and caused additional damage elsewhere. Thousands fought the fire over several days.
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.
Text from newspaper caption: Where a Cozy Mountain Cabin Stood Saturday. (Photos by Times Staff Photographers.). [Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 1927: A8.]
Text from negative sleeve: Fires, Los Angeles, Sunset Canyon, 1927.
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_2320
ark:/21198/zz002dd8zs
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Fires--California--Los Angeles
Ruins--California--Los Angeles
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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