Real Fireworks-June 9, 1977
DateJune 1977
MediumEmulsion on paper
Dimensions5 x 5 in. (12.7 x 12.7 cm)
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Catalog number2001.19.1072
DescriptionIt may look like Niagara Falls scene from Tempe's annual Fourth of July fireworks show, but the water and the fireworks were real. Silhouetted fireman is hosing down a stack of hay which caught on fire when it was struck by lightning during Wednesday's late afternoon wind, dust, and thunderstorm. Fire was one of a number of fires and accidents keeping city Firemen and Policemen busy during the unusual-for-June storm. (additional photos pages 3, 10.)The film negative of this photograph is housed in box 2G7-C.
Status
Not on view
July 4 1977
July 4 1977
July 4 1977
July 4 1977
circa 1971