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. A ground-level view of one of the storefronts of the old Norton Building on Sixth Street and Broadway, in the aftermath of a fire. The ground-level windows are blown out, though the dressed mannequins remain mostly intact. The end of a fire engine can be seen to the left of the image. Fire hoses and burnt, broken debris strewn the street. A blurry image of a fire fighter can be seen in the background. 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. 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 Handwritten on nitrate negative: Fire - 6th and Bdwy
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_9157 ark:/21198/zz002dh5mh
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Fire engines--California--Los Angeles Fire fighting--California--Los Angeles Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles Fires--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles (Calif.). Fire Dept Norton Building (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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