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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated May 20, 1955 reads, "Lamp, left foreground, was blamed for sewer-ditch explosion at Gloria avenue and Moorpark street that injured two workers and rocked Sherman Oaks residential section. Treated for first and second degree burns at Valley Receiving Hospital are Ben Gennarlli, 62, of 10802 Huston St., North Hollywood, and Gino Coppello, 29, of Los Angeles."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Accidents--California--Los Angeles Explosions--California--Los Angeles Fires--California--Los Angeles Police--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Teenagers--California--Los Angeles Children--California--Los Angeles Lamps--California--Los Angeles Streets--California--Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles) Gloria Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.) Moorpark Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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