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Title
USC Sigma Nu fraternity fire, Los Angeles, 1942
Date Created and/or Issued
October 19, 1942
1942-10-19
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
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
This photograph appears with the article, "Fire Damages Fraternity House, Students Escape and Salvage Furniture," Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 1942: A1.
Students look on as firefighters put out fire of the University of California's Sigma Nu fraternity house at 2638 Portland St.
Text from newspaper caption: Damaged - Fire yesterday partly destroyed Sigma Nu fraternity house of University of Southern California students at 2638 Portland St. All escaped injury. [Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 1942: A1]
Text from negative sleeve: 25453 - [stamp] OCT 23 1942. Fire of Sigma Nu fraternity house of University of So. Calif. Students at 2638 Portland St. 10/20/42.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_15036
ark:/21198/zz002j8r1f
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Fraternities & sororities--California--Los Angeles
Fires--California--Los Angeles
University of Southern California
University of Southern California--Students
Sigma Nu
Source
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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