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Title
Boiler blast wrecks prep school building
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1953
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Photograph caption dated February 12, 1953 reads, "Examine Ruins After Boiler Blast at Boys' School - This Used to Be Living Room of Coach's Home at Webb School for Boys at La Verne; Two Steam Boilers Blew Up 50 Feet Away From House."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00093229
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 41
CARL0005009159
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/28641
Subject
Webb Schools (Claremont, Calif.)
Preparatory schools--California--Claremont
Steam-boilers--California--Claremont
Young men--California--Claremont
Explosions--California--Claremont
Steam-boiler explosions
Boilers
Claremont (Calif.)
Los Angeles Evening Herald Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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