The Oakland Tribune Collection, the Oakland Museum of California. Gift of ANG Newspapers.
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Copyright holder:
Oakland Museum of California
Content description:
Original envelope reads: "Fire, Forest and Brush / California / 1940's - 1979." Photograph shows two men standing in a field near a pile of metal rubble. Multiple charred tree trunks appear in the distance throughout the center of the image. The back of the photograph is stamped in ink with the text, "Russ Reed / Photo Dept. / Oakland Tribune / AUG 22 1960 / AUG 23 1960.
Concepts:
man; brush; forest; Fire, Forest and Brush California 1940's - 1979; tree trunk; charred; fire; rubble
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