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| Title | Fire at a Lake Forest Park home, Seattle, 1963 |
| Photographer | Brownell, Tom
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1963 |
| Caption | A fire destroyed the rented Lake Forest Park home of the Frank McPhilips family on the afternoon of January 26th, 1963. The home was located in the 18300 block of 47th Avenue Northeast. The fire was caused by the use of flammable cleaning supplies. Mr. and Mrs. McPhilips escaped with their eight year old daughter. A Kenmore volunteer fire captain was transported to Northwest Memorial Hospital after fighting the blaze, and later died. |
| Notes | Written on sleeve: FIRES, Seattle, Lake Forest Park home burns
Caption information source: Seattle Sunday Times, January 27, 1963; Page 84
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): January 27, 1963. |
| Subjects | Dwellings--Washington (State)--Seattle; Fire fighters--Washington (State)--Seattle; Fire fighting--Washington (State)--Seattle; Fires--Washington (State)--Seattle; Ladders; Smoke--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States—Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.3078.1 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Photograph Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI). |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Photograph Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 acetate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from film positive as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4. |
