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Description
8 images. Traffic (16000 Pacific Coast Highway), auto versus truck, 15 August 1951. Mrs. Merlanne Smith Miss Pearl Lesher George Wathen (truck driver). Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Sandusky. (My own time).Date: 08-15. Assignment: Traffic, 16000 Coast Highway. D6, 36, 17, 20, 19, 18: General views. Mrs. Merlanne Smith trapped behind steering wheel being comforted by Miss Pearl Lesher. D15: Rescue workers jacking up dashboard & using hack saw to remove Mrs. Merlanne Smith. D16: Truck driver George Wathen (wearing felt hat, small portion of ear visible). Hydraulic jack which he used to help free Mrs. Merlanne Smith, still stuck in car".
Type
image
Format
8 photographs : negatives, b&w 13 x 10 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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