Barracks being demolished, Ross Field, Arcadia, 1932

Item Overview

Title

Barracks being demolished, Ross Field, Arcadia, 1932

Date Created

1932

Date

1932

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Ross Field was established for the training of observation balloon pilots during World War I. The site later became Arcadia County Park.
Related to Los Angeles Times article, March 2, 1932, “Ross Field Wrecking Rushed, Site Soon Will Be Clear of Buildings.” In less than ninety days, Ross Field, headquarters in California of training for army balloon school pilots during the World War, and in the halycon days of “Lucky” Baldwin, the center of activity for the Los Angeles Racing Association, will again be a pleasant rolling plain, dotted with trees, much as it was in the earliest days of the Santa Anita Rancho. ...
Four men removing roof from barracks building, with lumber and shrubs in foreground, another building in background

Caption

Text from nitrate negative sleeve: California, Arcadia, Ross Field

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Location

Arcadia (Calif.)

Longitude

34.13688

Latitude

-118.03256

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Arcadia County Park (Arcadia, Calif.)
Ross Field (Arcadia, Calif.)
Demolition--California--Arcadia
Environment
Barracks--California--Arcadia