Archiving Angeles (AA): Fire on First Street

By Jason Burns
January 23rd, 2009 @ 11:02 AM History

Men came to the aid of their neighbors for little to no pay. There were no trucks. No digital mapping systems or GPS. No Twitter updates. They pushed their horse-drawn fire engines uphill on dirt roads into the belly of the beast.

They were L.A.’s bravest. The year was 1900.

Photo from the USC Digital Archive

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