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Title
Explosion at East Los Angeles home
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1946
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.; Title supplied by cataloger.
Deputies H. Sepulveda and C. A. Broen inspect the danger of an explosion scene, where a wall was torn off the East Los Angeles home of an 84-year-old man, who was rescued from his flaming cottage by a neighbor. Photograph dated August 12, 1946.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;20 x 25 cm. on sheet 21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00099362
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 41
CARL0005109807
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/30267
Subject
Los Angeles County (Calif.).--Sheriff's Department--Employees
Debris--California--East Los Angeles
Explosions--California--East Los Angeles
Gas-pipes--California--East Los Angeles
Dwellings--California--East Los Angeles
East Los Angeles (Calif.)
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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