Burned buildings and truck, Los Angeles, 1938

Description: This photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, December 10, 1938, Three Buildings Destroyed by Explosion and Blaze. An unexplained explosion and fire early yesterday destroyed a restaurant, garage, service station and a tank-truck and trailer at Slauson and Boyle Aves. ...
Bird's-eye view of wreckage of gas station, cafe, and tanker truck, with about 9 men standing among and near fallen beams, with buildings, cars, and bicycle in background, sign at right reading "Baash-Ross Tool Company..."
Caption: Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 10571 12/12/38 Gas Station Fire, Photo by Andrew Harnett
Text from newspaper caption: Mass of Charred Wreckage Left in Wake of Blast. This is the scene of destruction created yesterday when an explosion at Slauson and Boyle Aves. destroyed a cafe, garage and service station. A large tank truck, shown at left, was wrecked. Windows a block away were broken by force of the blast. Times photo

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
bird's-eye views
news photographs
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Longitude: 33.989202
Latitude: -118.212777
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Disaster
Cafes--California--Los Angeles
Automobile service stations--California--Los Angeles
Fires--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_0292
0292
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002d9j6x
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