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Title
Mother and son hurt in gas blast
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1948
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Daniel Segal, 6, kept a vigil at the hospital bedside of his mother, Mrs. Gertrude Segal, 36. Both were burned severely when gas from furnace pilot light exploded in home at 1936 North Carmen Avenue in Hollywood. Photo dated: November 9, 1948.
Type
Image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00057573
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 934.; HE-001-473 4x5
CARL0000062352
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/22552
Subject
Burns and scalds
Hospital patients--California--Los Angeles
Accident victims--California--Los Angeles
Mothers and sons--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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