Fire fighting crew uses a small bulldozer to clear brush after a fire in La Canada, Los Angeles, October 1945

Item Overview

Title
Fire fighting crew uses a small bulldozer to clear brush after a fire in La Canada, Los Angeles, October 1945
Date Created
October 1945
Date
1945-10
Publisher
Los Angeles Daily News
Language
No linguistic content
Collection
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Notes
Description
Fire fighting crews use a small bulldozer to clear brush after a fire in La Canada. The brush fire threatened four foothill communities including La Canada, Montrose, Glendale, and Flintridge. The crew saved many homes from the blaze, but several old cars were destroyed.
Caption
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Fire at La Canada (1945)
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: La Canada Fire

Physical Description

Extent
1 photograph
Medium
b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre
news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Location
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type
still image
Subjects
Bulldozers
Environment
Disaster
Fires--California--Los Angeles

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