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Title
I didn't do anything, Mom
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
1954
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 caption dated October 23, 1954 reads "Mrs. William Grandy questions her son Billy, 5, after sonic blast shook her house. Feeling jolt of blast, Mrs. Grandy rushed from house shouting 'Billy, what have you done now?' Boom shattered windows in Granada Hills and Northridge areas."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00140622
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d048_f32_i13
CARL0005708909
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/69439
Subject
Women--California--San Fernando Valley
Boys--California--San Fernando Valley
Mothers and sons--California--San Fernando Valley
Noise--California--San Fernando Valley
Gestures
San Fernando Valley (Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Valley Times Collection photographs
Time Period
1951-1960

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