Fire fighters hosing down the former site of the Golden State Fireworks and Display Co. plant after an explosion, February 1940

Title: Fire fighters hosing down the former site of the Golden State Fireworks and Display Co. plant after an explosion, February 1940
Date Created: February 7, 1940
Date: 1940-02-07
Publisher: Los Angeles Daily News
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description: Fire fighters with a hose at the former site of the Golden State Fireworks and Display Co. plant the night of a fireworks explosion (Feb. 7, 1940). The blast was felt 40 miles away, injured four, and damaged many nearby homes. Cause of the explosion is suspected to be decomposing firework shells, or possibly a gopher chewing on powder. Damages estimated at $100,000
Caption: Text from original nitrate sleeve: Fireworks shop explosion at Redondo Beach Feb. 7, 1940; Bragg, Howard and Floyd; Denman, Nettie -Rev.Mrs.(home)
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Redondo Fireworks Explosion

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Names: Golden State Fireworks and Display Co.
Location: Redondo Beach (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Fire fighters--California--Redondo Beach
Explosions--California--Redondo Beach
Disaster
Fire fighting--California--Redondo Beach

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