Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Reported in the article, "Four-Hour Fight Checks Mount Wilson Slope Fire," Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 1935: A2. Photograph of 12 visible men standing on a truck bed with 2 holding shovels and one holding a canteen, one man in the driver's seat of the truck and one man standing beside the truck on an unpaved road with tall grass, a power pole and trees behind them. A car is parked down the road from the truck. On the door of the truck is the logo for the Pasadena Water Department (a key within a crown, referring to the Pasadena's nickname of "Crown City") and "Water Department, 252." Text from negative sleeve: 3026. Mt. Wilson Toll Road Fire. 11-30-35. [Stamped:] DEC 3 1935. Handwritten on negative: Men from Pasadena Water Dept. on way to fire at Mt. Wilson Toll Rd. 11/30.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_10785 ark:/21198/zz002h9wb2
Subject
Wildfire fighters--California--Los Angeles County Pasadena (Calif.). Water and Power Department
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