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Title
Charred remains of canyon home destroyed by Topanga fires, Los Angeles, 1938
Date Created and/or Issued
[circa November 24, 1938]
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.
A chimney stands alone among the charred remains of a home, once nestled beside a winding road.
This photograph appears with the headline, “In the Wake of the Brush fire that Ravaged Area Around Topanga Canyon,” Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov 1938: 18.
Text from newspaper caption: The above picture shows a turn in the Topanga canyon road where a group of cottages once stood. Now only heaps of debris remain. At right is a close-up of the ruins of several of the cabins lower in the canyon.
Text from negative sleeve: 15198 1938 Topanga Malibu Fire 2
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_11912
ark:/21198/zz002h8rxg
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Fires--California--Topanga
Canyons--California--Topanga
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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