Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. At left, brush lines the foreground and stretches back towards center. In the distance at right, trusses from the Compton Avenue wooden bridge are collapsed on the ground and ablaze. Flames cluster together along the right edge. Beyond the brush at left, thick black smoke billows up along the left edge. Smoke and flames occupy the background. Related to the article, "Hobo's Can Stove Blamed for $20,000 Bridge Blaze," Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 1939: 9 A similar photograph of the same event is captioned, "Los Angeles River Span Falls Prey to Flames [/] Wrecked--Compton Ave. wooden bridge over Los Angeles River is shown blazing yesterday while firemen train hoses in effort to check flames. Investigators blamed loss to tramp's tin-can stove under the bridge. Times photo," Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 1939: 9 Handwritten text from negative sleeve: 1275-- Fire-Olive st Bridge at Compton Truck crashed thru bridge. [stamped:] AUG [...]
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7665 ark:/21198/zz002dfd58
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Bridges--California--Los Angeles Fires--California--Los Angeles Smoke--California--Los Angeles
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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