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Police Officers Jack Grey and E.R. Gauldin at Norton Building fire aftermath, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Police Officers Jack Grey and E.R. Gauldin at Norton Building fire aftermath, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: October 23, 1935
1935-10-23
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.
Related to the article, "Dozen Hurt In Explosion: Stores Burn Downtown, Sixth and Broadway Fire Caused by Tank Blast; Traffic Jammed." Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 1935.
Police Officers Jack Grey and E.R. Gauldin investigate burned debris from the old Norton Building on Sixth Street and Broadway. Grey appears to be holding a melted cash register tray, while Gauldin appears to be holding singed paper currency and melted coins. Gauldin looks straight ahead at the camera. Both men are crouched in front of a large vehicle and are in full police uniform. Gauldin's police badge reads, "Policeman [-] Los Angeles Police [-] [?]52." The number could possibly be "452" or "352."An acetylene tank had exploded on a scaffolding outside the Norton Building. It was being used for exterior remodeling the structure was undergoing. The building caught fire and fire crews were brought in to contain the damage.
Handwritten on nitrate negative: E.R. Gauldin, Fire, Jack Grey
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 2647-- Fire - 6th and Bdwy, Jack Grey Police Officer, E.R. Gauldin Police Off., Clara Biesoba (?), Robert Payne, 10/23-35, [stamped:] OCT 29 1935
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_9155
ark:/21198/zz002dh5jg
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Police--California--Los Angeles
Fires--California--Los Angeles
Gauldin, Emile Richard 1890-1936
Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Dept
Norton Building (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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