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Title
Gasoline alley
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator
Ruebsamen, James
Date Created and/or Issued
1988
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 August 14, 1988 reads, "Police survey stolen Toyota pickup truck that slammed into two gas pumps at the Fast Fuel service station, 1360 E. Firestone Blvd. in Walnut Park, causing a 'river' of 1,500 gallons of gasoline to flow into the street. The early morning spill resulted in an estimated 250 people being forced to evacuate their residence."
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;36 x 29 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00094812
Herald Examiner Collection
HE_b005_f1_i82
CARL0005058028
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/33218
Subject
California Highway Patrol--Employees
Traffic accidents--California--Los Angeles County
Trucks--California--Los Angeles County
Toyota trucks
Gasoline--California--Los Angeles County
Service stations--California--Los Angeles County
Police--California
Foam
Debris--California--Los Angeles County
Unincorporated areas--California--Los Angeles County
Walnut Park (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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