Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. This photograph appears with the article, “CANDID CAMERA ‘SHOTS’ ABOUT ‘TOWN’”, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 1935: F6. This photograph was taken in Westlake Park, which is now known as MacArthur Park. Text from negative sleeve: 1352—Fire alarm station, West Lake Park, [Stamped:] JUL 31 1935. Text from insert: Central Fire Alarm Station 2228 West 6th Street. Westlake Park, Fire and Police Signal Division under the Department of Building and Safety City of Los Angeles. Text from newspaper caption: CENTRAL FIRE ALARM station in Westlake Park, where all fire alarm calls, both box and phone, are received and transmitted to the proper fire stations. It is a maze of flashing lights and teletype ribbons. C. S. Witt is about to transmit a call here. Handwritten on negative: C. S. Witt Fire Dept.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7849 ark:/21198/zz002dfmhb
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Fire stations--California--Los Angeles Teletypewriters MacArthur Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Fire alarms Witt, C. S
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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