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Fire Chief Ralph J. Scott receives a hand-illuminated book at a surprise party in his honor, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Fire Chief Ralph J. Scott is honored with a surprise party to celebrate his thirty years of service to the fire department. He is receiving a hand-illuminated book signed by every member of the fire department. From left to right, Ralph J. Scott, his wife Addie Scott, Fire Commissioner Edward Lewis, Harlan De Witt of the Fireman's Relief Association, and Mayor Shaw.
Date:
July 11, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Fire Chief Ralph J. Scott receives a hand-illuminated book at a surprise party in his honor, Los Angeles, 1935

Deputy Fire Chief Herbert A. Krumsiek and Assistant Fire Chief W.H. Augustine holding a fire hose, Los Angeles, March 4, 1940

Description:
Deputy Fire Chief Herbert A. Krumsiek and Assistant Fire Chief W.H. Augustine holding a fire hose after Battalion Chief John H. Alderson was appointed Fire Chief to fill the spot of retiring Chief Ralph J. Scott. Alderson appointed Krumsiek to Deputy Chief; as he had only been serving as Acting Deputy Chief until this point.
Date:
March 4, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Deputy Fire Chief Herbert A. Krumsiek and Assistant Fire Chief W.H. Augustine holding a fire hose, Los Angeles, March 4, 1940

Deputy Fire Chief Herbert A. Krumsiek and Assistant Fire Chief W.H. Augustine, Los Angeles, March 4, 1940

Description:
Deputy Fire Chief Herbert A. Krumsiek and Assistant Fire Chief W.H. Augustine after Battalion Chief John H. Alderson was appointed Fire Chief to fill the spot of retiring Chief Ralph J. Scott. Alderson appointed Krumsiek to Deputy Chief; as he had only been serving as Acting Deputy Chief until this point.
Date:
March 7, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Deputy Fire Chief Herbert A. Krumsiek and Assistant Fire Chief W.H. Augustine, Los Angeles, March 4, 1940

Fire Chief Ralph J. Scott receives a hand-illuminated book at a surprise party in his honor, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Fire Chief Ralph J. Scott is honored with a surprise party to celebrate his thirty years of service to the fire department. He is receiving a hand-illuminated book signed by every member of the fire department. From left to right, Ralph J. Scott, his wife Addie Scott, Fire Commissioner Edward Lewis, Harlan De Witt of the Fireman's Relief Association, and Mayor Shaw.
Date:
July 11, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Fire Chief Ralph J. Scott receives a hand-illuminated book at a surprise party in his honor, Los Angeles, 1935

Capt. Noble Swanson, who was injured when a section of roof caved in during a fire at the Melody Lane Café on Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, 1947

Description:
Fellow firefighter attends to Capt. Noble Swanson who was injured when a section of roof caved in during a fire at the Melody Lane Café on Wilshire Blvd. The fire began in the roof of the Melody Lane kitchen and high winds swept the blaze through neighboring businesses including the Pig’n Whistle candy and pastry shop, Randall Optometrist, McKiernan’s Fashions, Horton & Converse Pharmacy and Staber’s Beauty Salon. Noble suffered a back sprain, bruises and cuts. No one else was injured but total damage was estimated to exceed $200,000.
Date:
April 3, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Capt. Noble Swanson, who was injured when a section of roof caved in during a fire at the Melody Lane Café on Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, 1947

Fellow firefighter attends to Capt. Noble Swanson, who was injured when a section of roof caved in during a fire at the Melody Lane Café on Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, 1947

Description:
Fellow firefighter attends to Capt. Noble Swanson who was injured when a section of roof caved in during a fire at the Melody Lane Café on Wilshire Blvd. The fire began in the roof of the Melody Lane kitchen and high winds swept the blaze through neighboring businesses including the Pig’n Whistle candy and pastry shop, Randall Optometrist, McKiernan’s Fashions, Horton & Converse Pharmacy and Staber’s Beauty Salon. Noble suffered a back sprain, bruises and cuts. No one else was injured but total damage was estimated to exceed $200,000.
Date:
April 3, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Fellow firefighter attends to Capt. Noble Swanson, who was injured when a section of roof caved in during a fire at the Melody Lane Café on Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, 1947

Fire fighters in a rowboat on their way to battle fires that began when the Markay oil tanker exploded in L.A. Harbor, Los Angeles, 1947

Description:
Fire fighters in a rowboat in L.A. Harbor on their way to battle fires that began when the Markay, an oil tanker owned by the Keystone Tankship Corp., exploded in the wee hours of the morning. The fire was fed by leaking gasoline and threatened at least five terminals in the harbor. At least 22 were injured and 9, possibly 12, people were killed. Damage was estimated at $10,000,000.
Date:
June 22, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Fire fighters in a rowboat on their way to battle fires that began when the Markay oil tanker exploded in L.A. Harbor, Los Angeles, 1947

Fire fighter taking a break while smoke rises over L.A. Harbor in the background, coming from fires caused by the Markay oil tanker explosion, Los Angeles, 1947

Description:
Fire fighter sitting on a pedestal while smoke rises over L.A. Harbor in the background. The smoke is from fires that began when the Markay, an oil tanker owned by the Keystone Tankship Corp., exploded in the wee hours of the morning. The fire was fed by leaking gasoline and threatened at least five terminals in the harbor. At least 22 were injured and 9, possibly 12, people were killed. Damage was estimated at $10,000,000.
Date:
June 22, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Fire fighter taking a break while smoke rises over L.A. Harbor in the background, coming from fires caused by the Markay oil tanker explosion, Los Angeles, 1947

Fire fighters using an axe and a hose on a marine terminal in L.A. Harbor to fight at fire caused by the Markay oil tanker explosion, Los Angeles, 1947

Description:
Fire fighters using an axe and a hose on a marine terminal in L.A. Harbor to fight a fire caused by the Markay oil tanker explosion. The fire was fed by leaking gasoline and threatened at least five terminals in the harbor. At least 22 were injured and 9, possibly 12, people were killed. Damage was estimated at $10,000,000.
Date:
June 22, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Fire fighters using an axe and a hose on a marine terminal in L.A. Harbor to fight at fire caused by the Markay oil tanker explosion, Los Angeles, 1947

Fire fighters working to save a terminal in the L.A. Harbor which was threatened by flames when the Markay oil tanker exploded, Los Angeles, 1947

Description:
Fire fighters working to save a terminal in the L.A. Harbor which was threatened by flames when the Markay, an oil tanker owned by the Keystone Tankship Corp., exploded in the wee hours of the morning. The fire was fed by leaking gasoline and threatened at least five terminals in the harbor. At least 22 were injured and 9, possibly 12, people were killed. Damage was estimated at $10,000,000.
Date:
June 22, 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Fire fighters working to save a terminal in the L.A. Harbor which was threatened by flames when the Markay oil tanker exploded, Los Angeles, 1947

Captain Owen J. Stroud, Eugene Wiggins, and Officer G.L. Rice, Chavez Ravine (Los Angeles), 1935

Description:
An embarrassed (Rance) Eugene Wiggins is held between fire fighter Owen J. Stroud and police officer G.L. (Gideon Lewis) Rice, immediately after being rescued. Wiggins had become stranded on a natural ledge within Chavez Ravine after he decided to go exploring in the formation. Wiggins was rescued by an emergency team that included Stroud and Rice. An unknown man stands in the background.
Date:
October 25, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Captain Owen J. Stroud, Eugene Wiggins, and Officer G.L. Rice, Chavez Ravine (Los Angeles), 1935

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

Description:
View of the First Baptist Church of Hollywood on Selma and Las Palmas avenues as firefights attend to the fire, which destroyed the church on May 3, 1935. 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.
Date:
May 3, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Firefighters attend the fire destroying the First Baptist Church of Hollywood, Hollywood, 1935

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

Description:
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, "Church Destroyed in $100,000 Hollywood Fire - Spring Festivals Begin." Los Angeles Times, 4 May 1935: 16, and "Tent Will Be Temple. First Baptist Congregation, Undaunted by Disaster, to Carry on Today." Los Angeles Times, 5 May 1935: 14.
Date:
May 3, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Firefighters after the fire destroying the First Baptist Church of Hollywood, Hollywood, 1935

Emergency rescue team with ladder, rescuing Eugene Wiggins (obscured), Chavez Ravine (Los Angeles), 1935

Description:
View is taken from bottom of Chavez Ravine, looking up at natural ledge where 13-year-old (Rance) Eugene Wiggins was trapped. A team of rescue workers--firefighters and police--are supporting an extra long ladder aimed toward the ledge where Wiggins is obscured from view. A rescue worker stands on the highest rungs of the ladder, looking for Wiggins. The rescue team included people such as Officer G.L. (Giden Lewis) Rice and fire fighter Owen J. Stroud. The image is taken at night.
Date:
October 25, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Emergency rescue team with ladder, rescuing Eugene Wiggins (obscured), Chavez Ravine (Los Angeles), 1935

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

Description:
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, "Church Destroyed in $100,000 Hollywood Fire - Spring Festivals Begin." Los Angeles Times, 4 May 1935: 16, and "Tent Will Be Temple. First Baptist Congregation, Undaunted by Disaster, to Carry on Today." Los Angeles Times, 5 May 1935: 14.
Date:
May 3, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Firefighters attend the fire destroying the First Baptist Church of Hollywood, Hollywood, 1935

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

Description:
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, "Church Destroyed in $100,000 Hollywood Fire - Spring Festivals Begin." Los Angeles Times, 4 May 1935: 16, and "Tent Will Be Temple. First Baptist Congregation, Undaunted by Disaster, to Carry on Today." Los Angeles Times, 5 May 1935: 14.
Date:
May 3, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Firefighters attend the fire destroying the First Baptist Church of Hollywood, Hollywood, 1935

Fire Chief Ralph J. Scott receives a hand-illuminated book at a surprise party in his honor, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Fire Chief Ralph J. Scott is honored with a surprise party to celebrate his thirty years of service to the fire department. He is receiving a hand-illuminated book signed by every member of the fire department. From left to right, Ralph J. Scott, his wife Addie Scott, Fire Commissioner Edward Lewis, Harlan De Witt of the Fireman's Relief Association, and Mayor Shaw.
Date:
July 11, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Fire Chief Ralph J. Scott receives a hand-illuminated book at a surprise party in his honor, Los Angeles, 1935

Firefighters at base of ladder around fallen firefighter Bert Hancock, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
About 3 men, and possibly 1 woman, bent around fallen firefighter Bert Hancock, legs visible, on wet and dirty sidewalk, with 2 men nearby, another man in foreground holding fire hose, at base of ladder leaning on 2-story building marked 1243, Western Candy Box Co., with smoke coming from upstairs windows and roof
Date:
August 12, 1938
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Herod, Jack, b. ca. 1916
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Firefighters at base of ladder around fallen firefighter Bert Hancock, Los Angeles, 1938

Fire Chief Ralph J. Scott and Assistant Fire Chief F. W. Moore respond to canyon fires, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
Fires swept through Topanga Canyon and along the Santa Monica mountains in late November of 1938 when ashes from an old cooking range scattered into nearby grass in Calabasas. Flames jumped the Pacific Coast Highway and burned several homes along the beach north of Santa Monica.
Date:
November 24, 1938
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Fire Chief Ralph J. Scott and Assistant Fire Chief F. W. Moore respond to canyon fires, Los Angeles, 1938

Fire fighters walk down a road as fire consumes brush on the hillside behind them in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, 1929

Description:
Roads passing through Griffith Park are viewed from a slightly elevated perspective. One road enters frame along the right half of the bottom edge and stretches into the near distance where it intersects another road at the base of a hillside. The other road enters frame from the lower right and slopes downward to the left. In the near distance and at the intersection, several fire fighters walk towards the camera. A truck is parked behind them, left-of-center. A hillside stretches across the background and along the far edge of the horizontally-oriented road. Halfway up the hill, flames rise and a burn line is visible. Dark smoke billows upward from the flames, obscuring the rest of the hill.
Date:
[December 20, 1929]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Fire fighters walk down a road as fire consumes brush on the hillside behind them in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, 1929