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Title
Trees protect home in crash injuring five
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
1961
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
Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph article dated July 1, 1961 partially reads, "'I think I'll plant 18 more trees,' said Mrs. George E. Peckham, 6200 Elmer Ave., North Hollywood, surveying the wreckage of two cars resting against her home. Five persons were seriously injured in the two-car collision today that saw the careening autos miraculously miss plowing full-force into the house when they bounced off two trees." Photograph caption reads, "Mrs. Donna Di Mambro, 37, helped into ambulance - Two-car North Hollywood accident injures five persons."; See image #00141545 for additional photo in this series.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00141544
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d050_f11_i12
CARL0005766939
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/71433
Subject
Dwellings--California--Sepulveda (Los Angeles)
Automobiles--Collision damage--California--Los Angeles
Traffic accidents--California--Los Angeles
Accident victims--California--Los Angeles
Crash injuries--California--Los Angeles
Automobiles--California--Los Angeles
Ambulances--California--Los Angeles
Women--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
Trees--California--Los Angeles
Sepulveda (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Time Period
1961-1970

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