Firefighters attend the fire destroying the First Baptist Church of Hollywood, Hollywood, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Firefighters attend the fire destroying the First Baptist Church of Hollywood, Hollywood, 1935

Date Created

May 3, 1935

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Similar photograph appears in the article, "Church Destroyed in $100,000 Hollywood Fire - Spring Festivals Begin." Los Angeles Times, 4 May 1935: 16.
View of the First Baptist Church of Hollywood on Selma and Las Palmas avenues as firefights attend to the fire, which 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.
Related to the articles, "Church Prey to Flames. Loss Placed at $100,000. Hollywood's First Baptist Razed and Three Hurt Fighting Blaze." Los Angeles Times, 4 May 1935: A1, and "Tent Will Be Temple. First Baptist Congregation, Undaunted by Disaster, to Carry on Today." Los Angeles Times, 5 May 1935: 14.

Caption

Handwritten on negative: Fire, First Baptist Church, Hollywood.
Text from negative sleeve: Fires, First Baptist Church, Hollywood.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Subjects

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

Names

First Baptist Church (Hollywood, Calif.)

Location

Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Longitude

34.099601

Latitude

-118.336086

Resource type

still image