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Christmas at Butler Brothers at Lakewood Park ...Rudolph's nose catches on fire, 1951
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Christmas at Butler Brothers at Lakewood Park ...Rudolph's nose catches on fire, 1951
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1 image. Christmas at Butler Brothers at Lakewood Park ...Rudolph's nose catches on fire, 22 December 1951. Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Rei ndeer; Santa Claus.; Supplementary material reads: "Don Rochlen. Lakewood Park Public Relations. Monday. 'Help! Santa Claus, bring the first aid kit and a fire extinguisher. Rudolph is in trouble'. Yes, Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer was really red hot. In fact, the rosey proboscis which has made Rudolph the most famous of all reindeer, was on fire. You see, it all happened while Rudolph was making a pre-Christmas appearance atop Butler Brother's department store in Lakewood Park (California). Rudolph was the victim of sabotage when a short circuit started a fire in his sniffer which in this case as a large red light bulb. Passers by, including a few worried youngsters, were startled when Rudolph gave out a miniature explosion amid a shower of sparks and smoke. No serious damage resulted, except possibly to Rudolph's dignity, and Santa Claus, who left his post in the toy department to help extinguish the blaze which was confined to Rudolph, said the animal, red nose and all would be back in shape in time to help him make his Christmas deliveries:.
Asset Metadata
Title
Christmas at Butler Brothers at Lakewood Park ...Rudolph's nose catches on fire, 1951
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Temporal Subject
1951-12-22
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
(aacr2),
negatives (photographic)
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961
(subcollection),
Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961
(collection),
University of Southern California
(contributing entity)
Date Created
1951-12-22
Publisher
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
Repository Email
cisadmin@lib.usc.edu
Repository Name
USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Location
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Rights
For uses other than private, please contact the USC Digital Library at cisadmin@lib.usc.edu
Access Conditions
Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu
Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/examiner-m7806
Identifier
EXM-N-9435-018~1 (
filename
), examiner-m1663 (
legacy collection record id
), examiner-c44-89668 (
legacy record id
), examiner-m7806 (
legacy record id
), 9435-018 (
sleeve number
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
89668
Unique identifier
UC11725359
Legacy Identifier
EXM-N-9435-018~1.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
22.5 in × 29.5 in at 300dpi
57.3 cm × 75.1 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961
Description
The Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection consists of approximately 1.4 million prints and negatives from the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper. It was a daily newspaper, published in the afternoon on weekdays (Herald-Express) and in the morning on weekends (Examiner). The afternoon and morning papers merged in 1962 (Herald Examiner).
? 1903-1989: Los Angeles Examiner (founded 1903)
? 1931-1962: Los Angeles Herald-Express (formed from the 1931 merger of Los Angeles Evening Express and Evening Herald)
? 1962-1989: Los Angeles Herald Examiner (formed from the 1962 merger of the Los Angeles Herald-Express and the Los Angeles Examiner)
Almost every event and individual receiving news coverage in Los Angeles during the period late 1920's to 1961 is represented in the collection. Coverage is broad including crime, sports, society, art, and entertainment. The collection forms part of the Hearst Collection and was a gift from the Los Angeles Herald Examiner Division of the Hearst Corporation in 1978.
The Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection (1950-1961) consists of approximately 215,000 4x5-inch negatives from the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper.
The Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection consists of approximately 1.2 million photoprints from the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper.
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Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961
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