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

Title: Firefighters attend the fire destroying the First Baptist Church of Hollywood, Hollywood, 1935
Date Created: May 3, 1935
Date: 1935-05-03
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Similar photograph appears in the article, "Church Destroyed in $100,000 Hollywood Fire - Spring Festivals Begin." Los Angeles Times, 4 May 1935: 16.
Newspaper caption of near identical image: Interior of Church After Flames Subsided. View of the interior of the First Baptist Church of Hollywood, considered one of the finest in the film capital, after firemen had quenched the flames yesterday morning. Fire fighters were handicapped by a strong wind which fanned the blaze. More than 4000 persons saw the fire.
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.
View of the interior of the First Baptist Church of Hollywood following a devastating fire. Firemen continue to hose down the building. 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.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Fires, First Baptist Church, Hollywood.

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: First Baptist Church (Hollywood, Calif.)
Location: Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Longitude: 34.099601
Latitude: -118.336086
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Churches--California--Los Angeles
Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles
Ruins--California--Los Angeles
Fires--California--Los Angeles
Fire fighting--California--Los Angeles
Firefighting equipment--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_2302
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