Roof on fire, about to collapse down, at Bellavista #1 Farm.

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Object Description

Object Name

Print, Photographic

Object ID

2010.001.1203

Title

Roof on fire, about to collapse down, at Bellavista #1 Farm.

Date

[1963].

Description

One photograph of a barn with fire damage; the photo shows the barn from the side; the roof is falling apart; a brick chimney is in the middle of the photo; two men are attempting to put out the fire, on the right of the photograph; the event is identified as fire damage from a barn fire to the Bellavista #1 Farm.

People/Subject

Barns

See Also: agricultural laborers, agricultural machinery, farms, haying
Term Source: Sears List of Subject Headings (16th. Ed.)

Bella Vista Farm

6270 Glover Road, Milner, the property belonging to the Wessell/Reifel residence. The barns at Bella Vista were damaged in a fire on March 9, 1963, and rebuilt. Joe Segal bought Bella Vista and another property, Rio Vista (on southwest Marine Drive), from Harry Reifel in the early 1970s. He kept it for 5 years before selling it.
See Also: Wessell/Reifel Farm

Farms

See Also: agricultural laborers, agricultural machinery, barns, haying
Term Source: Sears List of Subject Headings (16th. Ed.)

Fire

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