Firemen run up Mt. Washington hill to put down wildfire flames in Los Angeles, Calif., 1961

Item Overview

Title: Firemen run up Mt. Washington hill to put down wildfire flames in Los Angeles, Calif., 1961
Date Created: May 13, 1961
Date: 1961-05-13
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Notes

Caption: MT. WASHINGTON FIRE-Firemen run up Mt. Washington hill to put down flames that were approaching homes near mountaintop. High winds helped spread the fire, but gave an unusually clear view of parts of city in background, as smog was blown away.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 photograph
Dimensions: 10 x 12.5 cm.
Medium: b&w negative

Keywords

Genre: news photographs
Location: West Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles County
Disaster
Santa Ana winds
Wildfires--California--Los Angeles County

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Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclalat_1429_b763_209750-2
ARK: ark:/21198/zz0002qg4d
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