Plumes of smoke from the Griffith Park fire, Los Angeles, 1933

Item Overview

Title
Plumes of smoke from the Griffith Park fire, Los Angeles, 1933
Date Created
October 1933
Date
1933-10
Publisher
Los Angeles Times
Language
No linguistic content
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Notes
Description
View of smoke rising from the fires from just beyond the mountains that are covered in trees.
Dozens are dead and many more are injured from a fire in Griffith Park canyon that firefighters suspect was caused by the spark from a discarded cigarette when the winds shifted.
Caption
Text from negative sleeve: LOS ANGELES PARKS, GRIFFITH PARK, FIRE, 1929 1 discolored (try to scan)

Physical Description

Extent
1 photograph
Medium
b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre
cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Location
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type
still image
Subjects
Griffith Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Fires--California--Los Angeles

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Repository
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier
uclamss_1429_6087
ARK
ark:/21198/zz002cw7hf
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Rights Holder
The Regents of the University of California
Rights Country
US
Funding Note
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
License
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