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Title
Aragon Ballroom gutted by fire
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1970
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
Photograph caption dated May 27, 1970 reads, "Smoke Continues To Rise From Remains Of Aragon Ballroom That Was Gutted By Fire - A Santa Monica fireman sprays water on the glowing embers after the blaze completely destroyed the 75-year-old structure."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;17 x 24 cm. on sheet 21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00097002
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 1583.
CARL0005070537
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/33632
Subject
Aragon Ballroom (Santa Monica, Calif.)
Fires--California--Santa Monica
Disasters--California--Santa Monica
Ballrooms--California--Santa Monica
Lost architecture--California--Santa Monica
Ocean Front Promenade (Santa Monica, Calif.)
Ocean Park (Santa Monica, Calif.)
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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