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Title: Brakes fail at crossing
Alternative Title: Valley Times Photo Collection;
Contributor: This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued: 1957
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.
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Description: Photograph caption dated August 14, 1957 reads, "Officer Don Musselwhite checks registration in automobile at Oxnard street near Woodman avenue after car ran into Southern Pacific diesel engine at crossing. Victim, who was taken to Valley Receiving Hospital, later said that her brakes failed to work." See image 00154744 for additional photo in this series.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 16 x 15 cm.
Identifier: 00154743
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_d058_ f22_i17
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/128074
Subject: Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Railroad crossings--Accidents
Traffic accident victims
Traffic accidents
Railroad cars
Automobiles
Debris
Police
Men
Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Time Period: 1951-1960

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