Two oil well firefighters in their asbestos suits at oil wells fire, Santa Fe Springs, 1928

Item Overview

Title

Two oil well firefighters in their asbestos suits at oil wells fire, Santa Fe Springs, 1928

Date Created

September 19, 1928

Date

1928-09-19

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Photo appears with article "TUNNEL TO FIGHT OIL FIRE: Engineers Plan to Dig Into Gusher and Shut Off Fuel That Feeds Raging Santa Fe Springs Blaze," Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 1928: A3.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Oil Well Fires. Santa Fe Springs.
Text from newspaper caption: Their Clothes Keep Them Cool. Ford Alexander, right, and his brother wear special asbestos fire-fighting suits.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Dimensions

10 x 12.5 cm.

Medium

b&w glass negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
glass plate negatives

Names

Alexander, Ford I., d.1963

Location

Santa Fe Springs (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Fires--California--Santa Fe Springs
Petroleum industry--California--Santa Fe Springs
Oil wells--California--Santa Fe Springs
Fire departments--Equipment and supplies
Fire fighters--California--Santa Fe Springs