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Title
Brush fire
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Kravitz, Tom
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1965
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
At this time, Calabasas was an unincorporated area of Los Angeles County.
Photograph caption dated July 26, 1965 reads, "Fire at Topanga Canyon Road and Mulholland Drive in Calabasas was controlled quickly by more than 150 men from both Los Angeles City and County Fire Departments. One borate bomber, diverted from the Newhall blaze, and two helicopters were used to extinguish the 15-acre fire. No structures were involved."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00109708
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d010_f7_i15
CARL0005247591
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/44921
Subject
Los Angeles County (Calif.).--Fire Department
Los Angeles (Calif.).--Fire Department
Fires--California--Calabasas
Fire engines--California--Calabasas
Automobiles--California--Calabasas
Wildfires--California--Calabasas
Roads--California--Calabasas
Unincorporated areas--California--Los Angeles County
Mountains--California, Southern
Calabasas (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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