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De Witt Nelson and others gathered around lantern outside during Ontario Fire, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: De Witt Nelson and others gathered around lantern outside during Ontario Fire, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: September 19, 1935
1935-09-19
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.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Ontario Fire Raged through parts of Los Angeles and Santa Barbara.
Related to article "Raging Flames Per Santa Barbara Forest," Los Angeles Times, 19 Sept 1935: 1.
Photo appears to be taken at night. Some men are standing, some are kneeling or seated.
Handwritten on negative: De Witt Nelson
Handwritten on negative sleeve: 2316--Ontario Fire / R.E. Joñes (asst supt Forest Service), De Witt Ñelsoñ (supervisor Forest Service), T.R. Gilbert (Camp Boss) / (W. M. Brown and crew from CCC 909, ten gal hat, Vista Grande) / Ontario Fire, 9/19/35
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_8737
ark:/21198/zz002dgp42
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Forest fires--California
Firefighters--California
Forest management--California
Nelson, De Witt
California Conservation Corps
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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