Bystanders look on as crews work on the Norton Building fire aftermath, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Bystanders look on as crews work on the Norton Building fire aftermath, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

October 23, 1935

Date

1935-10-23

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

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.
View of ground-level of the old Norton Building on Sixth Street and Broadway in the aftermath of a fire. Bystanders watch fire crews work with fire fighting equipment such as water hoses. The ground-floor windows are blown out, and the mostly intact displays include clothed mannequins and other merchandise. Burnt debris is strewn across the wet street.An acetylene tank had exploded on a scaffolding outside the Norton Building. It was being used for exterior remodeling the structure was undergoing. The building caught fire and fire crews were brought in to contain the damage.

Caption

Handwritten on nitrate negative: Fire - 6 and Bdwy
Text from negative sleeve: 2647-- Fire - 6th and Bdwy, Jack Grey Police Officer, E.R. Gauldin Police Off., Clara Biesoba [?], Robert Payne, 10/23-35, [stamped:] OCT 29 1935

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Los Angeles (Calif.). Fire Dept.
Norton Building (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Longitude

33.994654

Latitude

-118.468247

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Spectators--California--Los Angeles
Fire fighting--California--Los Angeles
Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles
Fires--California--Los Angeles