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Peat bed fire investigation

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Order Number	00045548
Title	Peat bed fire investigation
Photographer	Bentley, Frank.
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 370.
Date	1927
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w
Description	This photo shows Judge Frederickson, defendants and other interested parties inspecting the Baldwin Hills peat bed on October 21, 1927, walking over a path built of dirt over the smoldering peat. The peat burned out from beneath the pipe line shown in the photo, leaving it sagging in the air, so dirt was thrown beneath it to make a "highway" in the burning wilderness. Those who step from the path sink into the peat and suffer burning, it is alleged.
Subject	Fires--California--Baldwin Hills (Los Angeles). Peat bogs--California--Baldwin Hills (Los Angeles). Oil fields--California--Baldwin Hills (Los Angeles). Actions and defenses--California--Baldwin Hills (Los Angeles). Baldwin Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.). Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection