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Ocean Front at beginning of fire, Sept. 3, 1912, Ocean Park, Cal.
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Ocean Front at beginning of fire, Sept. 3, 1912, Ocean Park, Cal.
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Identifier
clloy_021
Title
Ocean
Front
at
beginning
of
fire
,
Sept
.
3
,
1912
,
Ocean
Park
,
Cal
.
Creator
Unknown
Date Published
circa
1912
Subject (Topic)
Fires--California--Santa
Monica
;
Pedestrian
areas--California--Santa
Monica
;
Subject (Place)
Ocean
Park
(Santa
Monica
,
Calif.)
;
Type
image
Form/Genre
Postcards
Physical Description
1
postcard
:
b&w
;
9
x
14
cm
.
Institution
Department
of
Archives
and
Special
Collections
,
William
H
.
Hannon
Library
,
Loyola
Marymount
University
Country of Creation
US
Copyright Status
public
domain
Copyright Statement
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Publisher
Van
Ornum
Colorprint
Co
.
Place of Publication
Los
Angeles
Language
eng
Description
View
of
Ocean
Front
Walk
during
the
fire
of
September
3
,
1912
;
some
pedestrians
watch
the
fire
while
others
leave
the
area
.
Historical Background
Ocean
Park's
early
landscape
was
influenced
by
fires
, the
largest
of
which
occurred
in
1912
and
1924
. On
September
13
,
1912
, a
fire
broke
out
in
Ocean
Park
,
starting
at the
Casino
and
quickly
spreading
to
other
buildings
in the
business
district
.
It
was
suspected
that the
fire
began
with a
lit
cigarette
in the
basement
of the
Casino
.
Although
there was
only
one
confirmed
death
in the
fire
, an
article
that
appeared
in the
September
4
,
1912
Los
Angeles
Times
estimated
that there were
223
structures
destroyed
or
partly
destroyed
.
20
businesses
were
completely
destroyed
. The
fire
covered
6
blocks
and
took
12
fire
companies
nearly
4
hours
to
contain
.
Some
of the
structures
consumed
by the
flames
include
the
Frasier
Pier
, the
Casino
Cafe
, the
Grand
Canyon
Aerial
Way
, the
Decatur
Hotel
, the
Dance
Hall
, the
Nile
Hotel
, the
Merchants
'
Bank
, and the
Ocean
Park
Journal
. The
damage
to the
area
was
estimated
at
two
and a
half
to
three
million
dollars
.
Additional Notes
Approximate
date
from
postmark
.
Source
Werner
von
Boltenstern
Postcard
Collection
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