El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument, Los Angeles Fire Department Records, 1878-1965
Collection context
Summary
Background
- Scope and content:
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Primarily original photographs, cabinet cards, photograph albums, copy prints, enlargements, two digital scans and negatives relating to the Los Angeles Fire Department and the history of firefighters in Los Angeles. Also reports, clippings, publications, letters, receipts, and invoices. Depicted are firemen, fire trucks, firefighting apparatus, fire houses and hose companies, oftentimes seen in parades, but also in fire battle scenes. Two publications include an informative booklet "Los Angeles Fire Department, 1892" and an annual report of the Board of Fire Commissioners, 1896. A small number of photographic items are not related to firefighting. Those images are of Los Angeles locales, Elysian Park, Redondo Beach, Mount Wilson, and San Diego. ca. 1878 - 1965 (bulk is 1880s - 1965), n.d.
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Los Angeles (Calif.). Fire Department
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Research is by appointment only
- Terms of access:
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Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder
- Preferred citation:
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El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument, Los Angeles Fire Department Records. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
- Location of this collection:
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900 Exposition BoulevardLos Angeles, CA 90007-4057, US
- Contact:
- (213) 763-3359