Malibu Canyon fire, 1956/1957

5 images. Malibu Canyon fire, 26 December 1956/12 December 1957. Tracas Beach ruins; as it looked December-26-1956 (Gaze); As rebuilding under way on December-12-1957 (Gaze).; Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Gaze. Date: 1956-12-26. Reporter: Gaze. Assignment: Malibu fire anniversary. Special instructions: For Monday 16, 1957. #23-25: Two views of area on Broad Beach road at Tracas Beach where 6 homes in a row were burned to ground in fire. In immediate foreground was home of L.C. Fairbanks. Home with tall chimney still standing was that of Belmont G. Beck".; Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Gaze. Date: 1957-12-12. Reporter: Gaze. Assignment: Malibu fire anniversary. Special instructions: For Monday 16, 1957. #29-30-56: Carpenters are active in this scene on Broad Beach road at Tracas Beach where 50% of the homes burned out in last December's fire are rebuilt or under construction. The pix [sic] was made from same location (as shots taken 12/26/56) L.C. Fairbanks house (foreground) under construction, chimney background that of Belmont G. Beck home where construction has begun with completion garage and block garden walls".