Firefighters battle flames at W. E. Bockmon Pottery and Tile Company, Los Angeles, 1935

Title: Firefighters battle flames at W. E. Bockmon Pottery and Tile Company, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created: September 25, 1935
Date: 1935-09-19
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Smoke is seen pluming from a brick building, the flames from which surrounding firefighters are attempting to extinguish.
A fire broke out at the W. E. Bockmon Pottery and Tile Company at 415 West Avenue 33, completely destroying the structure. The cause of the blaze was unknown.
This photograph is related to the article, “Tile Plant Fire Leads to Inquiry,” Los Angeles Times, 27 Sept 1935: A1
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 2353 – Fire (33rd and Artesian) Pottery Plant (Bauer?) 9/25/35 [stamped:] OCT 5- 35

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Los Angeles (Calif.). Fire Department
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.083777
Latitude: -118.216890
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles
Fires--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_8792
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002dgr1g
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