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Description:: Fire fighters respond to a fire at the Goodwill Industries premises in the Baker Block building. Remarkably, 400 crippled and elderly men and women, as well as 20 children in the nursery, escaped unharmed. Firefighters were able to keep the blaze from spreading throught the entire building, which had been in use since 1868. A short circuit in the electrical department on the ground floor was suspected to be the cause of the fire.
Date:: January 14, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Dark plumes of smoke emerge out from the windows on the 5th floor of the Newmark Bros. building as firefighters try to put out the fire from the ladder. Multiple fire trucks are parked in front of the burning building as pedestrians watch from across the street.
Date:: November 29, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Related to the article, "Dozen Hurt In Explosion: Stores Burn Downtown, Sixth and Broadway Fire Caused by Tank Blast; Traffic Jammed." Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 1935.
Date:: October 23, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: This photograph appears with the article "Firemen Effect Rescue at Dizzy Height: How Kitty Was Rescued After Long One-Way Climb." Los Angeles Times, 23 Sept. 1935: 16.
Date:: September 22, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Related to the article, "Dozen Hurt In Explosion: Stores Burn Downtown, Sixth and Broadway Fire Caused by Tank Blast; Traffic Jammed." Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 1935.
Date:: October 23, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Related to the article, "Dozen Hurt In Explosion: Stores Burn Downtown, Sixth and Broadway Fire Caused by Tank Blast; Traffic Jammed." Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 1935.
Date:: October 23, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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