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Firefighters battle flames at W. E. Bockmon Pottery and Tile Company, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Firefighters battle flames at W. E. Bockmon Pottery and Tile Company, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: September 25, 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 Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Smoke is seen pluming from a brick building, the flames from which surrounding firefighters are attempting to extinguish.
A fire broke out at the W. E. Bockmon Pottery and Tile Company at 415 West Avenue 33, completely destroying the structure. The cause of the blaze was unknown.
This photograph is related to the article, “Tile Plant Fire Leads to Inquiry,” Los Angeles Times, 27 Sept 1935: A1
Text from negative sleeve: 2353 – Fire (33rd and Artesian) Pottery Plant (Bauer?) 9/25/35 [stamped:] OCT 5- 35
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_8792
ark:/21198/zz002dgr1g
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles
Fires--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles (Calif.). Fire Department
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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