Fires destroy structures in Topanga Canyon, Los Angeles, 1938

Item Overview

Title
Fires destroy structures in Topanga Canyon, Los Angeles, 1938
Date Created
[circa November 24, 1938]
Publisher
Los Angeles Times
Language
No linguistic content
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Notes
Description
Fires swept through Topanga Canyon and the Santa Monica mountains in late November of 1938 when ashes from an old cooking range scattered into nearby grass in Calabasas. Flames jumped the Pacific Coast Highway and burned several homes along the beach north of Santa Monica.
Caption
Text from negative sleeve: 15198 1938 Topanga Malibu Fire 2

Physical Description

Extent
1 photograph
Medium
b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre
cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Subjects
Fires--California--Topanga
Canyons--California--Topanga
Location
Topanga (Calif.)
Resource type
still image

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Repository
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local identifier
uclamss_1429_11910
ARK
ark:/21198/zz002h8rvf
Manifest url
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Rights statement
copyrighted
Rights Holder
UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. E-mail: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310)825-4988
Rights Country
US
License
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Funding Note
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
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