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Title
RTD bus crash
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator
Sergieff, Mike
Date Created and/or Issued
1980
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph caption dated August 6, 1980 reads, "RTD bus as it looked after ramming a power pole yesterday in Echo Park. Sixteen persons were hurt." The accident occurred near the intersection of Clinton and Alvarado streets, outside the office building at 711 Alvarado Street (upper left).
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;29 x 36 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00095456
Herald Examiner Collection
HE_b006_f1_i10
CARL0005064046
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/33481
Subject
Southern California Rapid Transit District
Buses--California--Los Angeles
Traffic accidents--California--Los Angeles
Electric lines--California--Los Angeles
Debris--California--Los Angeles
Streets--California--Echo Park (Los Angeles)
Echo Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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