Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 USC Libraries Special Collections University of Southern California specol@usc.edu
Description
12 images. Rim-of-the-World fire (Lake Arrowhead), 27 August 1953. Vernet Poupitch (moves furniture from his house) Deputy Sheriff Duane Mellinger Dave Leamon (Lake Arrowhead Forest Service). Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Paegel. Date: 1953-08-27. Reporter: Harmon. Assignment: Arrowhead Fire. 15-16-17-18: Views looking East of Arrowhead Highlands -- Crest Forest Fire Equipment in foreground standing by". Additional caption slip reads: "Photographer: Forbes. Date: 1953-08-27. Assignment: Fire. 1: Flames jump Rim of World Road. 146: Indians from Arizona rest & eat. 145-138: Cutting tree with power saw. 27: Vernet Poupitch moves furniture from his place at Rim Forest. 137: Dep Sher Duane Mellinger tells people to move. 135-136-304: Dave Leamon, Lake Arrowhead Forestry Service off Blue Jay Daily Canyon. 137: Dep Sher Duane Mellinger telling people to move".
Type
image
Format
12 photographs : negatives, b&w 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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