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Title
Blast rips L. A. apartment house
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1949
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
A terrific explosion tore away the wall of this apartment house at 1290 South Citrus Avenue today. The blast rocked the Wilshire district like an earthquake. Four persons were injured, one seriously. Photograph dated November 26, 1949.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;19 x 24 cm. on sheet 21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00099384
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 41
CARL0005112124
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/30363
Subject
Explosions--California--Los Angeles
Buildings--Blast effects--California--Los Angeles
Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles
Debris--California--Los Angeles
Apartments--California--Los Angeles
Apartment houses--California--Los Angeles
Dwellings--California--Los Angeles
Mid-City (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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