First Baptist Church of Hollywood ablaze, Hollywood, 1935

Item Overview

Title

First Baptist Church of Hollywood ablaze, Hollywood, 1935

Date Created

May 3, 1935

Date

1935-05-03

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

This photograph appears in the article, "Church Destroyed in $100,000 Hollywood Fire - Spring Festivals Begin." Los Angeles Times, 4 May 1935: 16.
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View of the First Baptist Church of Hollywood on Selma and Las Palmas avenues ablaze. The fire destroyed the church on May 3, 1935. Undaunted by the fire that happened on a Friday, members of the church raised a large tent beside the ruins to conduct regular service the following Sunday.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Fires, First Baptist Church, Hollywood.
Handwritten on negative: Fire, First Baptist Church, Hollywood.
Text from newspaper caption: Flames, Fanned by Wind, Rage through Structure. View of the Las Palmas avenue side of the First Baptist Church oh Hollywood as fire was at its height yesterday morning. At the extreme right are charred remains of the chapel, on the roof of which the fire is believed to have started, supposedly by sparks blown by the wind from a burning garage nearby. Three alarms were sounded, to which twelve pieces of fire-fighting apparatus responded, from seven companies. Three firemen were slightly injured. The loss was estimated at $100,000. [Los Angeles Times, 4 May 1935: 16]

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

First Baptist Church (Hollywood, Calif.)

Location

Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Longitude

34.099601

Latitude

-118.336086

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Churches--California--Los Angeles
Fire fighting--California--Los Angeles
Fires--California--Los Angeles
Firefighting equipment--California--Los Angeles