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Photograph was edited for publication purposes; Title supplied by cataloger. The caption refers to a brush fire in the Hollywood Hills that started on May 13, 1961 and charred over 1,200 acres, destroying 24 homes and damaging 30 others. The fire was centered on Beachwood Canyon Drive, near the Griffith Park area. Photograph caption dated May 15, 1961 reads, "Aerial photograph, with Burbank visible in upper right, shows hillside damage caused by disaster." The Griffith Observatory can be seen on the left.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Griffith Observatory Fires--California--Hollywood Hills (Los Angeles) Smoke--California--Los Angeles Observatories--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments Parks--California--Los Angeles Griffith Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Griffith Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Aerial views Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)--Aerial views Santa Monica Mountains (Calif.) Hollywood Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.) Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Aerial photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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