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Title
Chemical explosion
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator
Mullen, Mike
Contributor
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation
Date Created and/or Issued
1974
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
Title supplied by cataloger.
An explosion detonated in a truck parking lot and corrugated metal storage building at 662 S. Mateo St. The explosion was caused by a load of corrosive chemicals in a warehouse of a trucking firm.
Photograph caption reads: "Debris on Mateo Street from bomb". Fire hoses and firemen are at the scene of an explosion that ripped through the industrial area of downtown Los Angeles. Debris litters the street. Photograph dated: Aug. 17, 1974.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00079294
Herald Examiner Collection
HH_b007_f4_i1
CARL0000080058
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/24788
Subject
Explosions--California--Los Angeles
Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles
Buildings--Blast effects--California--Los Angeles
Debris--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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