Spectators watch as a fireman hoses down flames from a forest fire in the Glendale Woodlands, December 20, 1937

Title: Spectators watch as a fireman hoses down flames from a forest fire in the Glendale Woodlands, December 20, 1937
Date Created: December 20, 1937
Date: 1937-12-20
Publisher: Los Angeles Daily News
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description: Spectators watch as a fireman hoses down flames from a forest fire in Glendale's Verdugo Woodlands and Rossmoyne sections. 2500 acres burned but the firemen were able to keep the blaze from damaging any of the nearby homes. Firemen battled the flames for ten hours and dealt with high winds, which made the situation more dangerous
Caption: Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Glendale forest & brush fire
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Glendale Forest and brush fire; Jack Dewey; John Dixson

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Location: Glendale (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Fire fighting--California--Glendale
Fire fighters--California--Glendale
Environment
Spectators--California--Glendale
Smoke--California--Glendale
Disaster
Forest fires--California--Glendale

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
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