Photograph of three men perched on a roof with a fire hose. The men (presumably volunteers) helped fight a fire that burned five businesses. Photographed by Thelma Booth, Lancaster resident.
Related to Los Angeles Times article, "Fire in Historic Lancaster Causes Loss of $100,000: Five Stores Destroyed. Blaze Fanned by Desert Wind. Three Men Injured Fighting Flames in Town's Main Business Street," 29 Jul. 1935: 1.
Related to Los Angeles Times article, "Fire in Historic Lancaster Causes Loss of $100,000: Five Stores Destroyed. Blaze Fanned by Desert Wind. Three Men Injured Fighting Flames in Town's Main Business Street," 29 Jul. 1935: 1.
Photograph taken through the haze of smoke captures a young male holding a piece of cloth or a kerchief over his face (at foreground). In the background, four men holding a fire hose spray water on the remains of a structure ruined by fire. Additional spectators stand off to the left. Photographed by Thelma Booth, Lancaster resident.
Photograph of three men perched on a rooftop, aiming a hose towards the remains of a building razed by fire. Two additional men stand and watch the activity from a separate building (seen at photo center left).
Related to Los Angeles Times article, "Fire in Historic Lancaster Causes Loss of $100,000: Five Stores Destroyed. Blaze Fanned by Desert Wind. Three Men Injured Fighting Flames in Town's Main Business Street," 29 Jul. 1935: 1.
Related to Los Angeles Times article, "Fire in Historic Lancaster Causes Loss of $100,000: Five Stores Destroyed. Blaze Fanned by Desert Wind. Three Men Injured Fighting Flames in Town's Main Business Street," 29 Jul. 1935: 1.