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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated March 17, 1958 reads "Shown above is 3400 block on De la Cumbre Ave., in Sherman Oaks with tons of earth which loosened by recent rains, rumbled down hillside and smashed into two plush homes nearly burying high school girl alive and pushing man and his automobile out into street by its force. Both homes were practically demolished by flood of earth. Third house was placed off limits to its owners by police because of possible new slide threat. Arrow shows where girl escaped earth tomb by crawling through narrow opening."; See images #001212124 through #001212125 for all photos in this series.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Landslides--California--Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles) Dwellings--California--Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles) Debris--California--Los Angeles Electric lines--Poles and towers Telephone lines--California--Los Angeles Camino De La Cumbre (Los Angeles, Calif.) Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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