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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of the Fire Engine House standing on the northeast corner of the intersection of Pasadena Avenue (formerly Hoff Street) and Avenue 19 (formerly Hayes Street). The fire station is viewed from the front at an angle from the south. A street sign for the intersection of Pasadena Avenue and Avenue 19 stands in the foreground at right. Pasadena Avenue stretches across the mid-ground. Avenue 19 stretches back along the left edge. In the near distance, the 2-story fire engine house stands at center. One of the garage doors stands open and a vehicle is visible sitting beyond it. A balustrade spans the top of the building with a pediment rising at center. From the pediment, an American flag extends high above the building. A single-story building stands adjacent and to the right of the fire engine house. To the right of it, the brick-front police station stands in partial view at far right. Text from negative sleeve: 1959. Los Angeles, California. Pasadena Avenue and Avenue 19. November 25, 1940. 1. 2. 3. Three pictures of the old Fire Engine House on the corner of Hoff and Hayes Streets. Now Pasadena Avenue and Avenue 19. Also of the old East Side Police Station - the little one story building next to it. Both now torn down. 1943. 3 films.
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1959_001 ark:/21198/zz002hvk38
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Fire stations--California--Los Angeles Police stations--California--Los Angeles
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