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After fire at "Christmas house"

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Order Number	00049715
Title	After fire at "Christmas house"
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 7440
Date	1938
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w
Description	Open at last after much disappointment, including a fire that destroyed a home and rains that marred the decorations, Los Angeles' famous "Christmas house" at 919 Mathews Street, Boyle Heights, is shown here on December 16, 1938. Playing in the "snow" in front of the house are Jean Portland, left, and Windy Gilmore (wearing a bathing suit). Started several years ago by George C. Skinner, the decorated house attracts thousands.
Subject	Dwellings--California--Boyle Heights (Los Angeles). Fires--California--Los Angeles. Christmas decorations--California--Los Angeles. Boyle Heights (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