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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph article dated March 6, 1961 partially reads, "'If the Motor Vehicle Department knew about my record,' a dark-haired businessman quipped, 'they would take my license away.' Jack Allen, a man with a definite tendency toward the dramatic, added, 'That's because I've wrecked more than 500 cars this year.' These two sentences make up a favorite expression of Allen's, owner of a North Hollywood wrecking yard, whenever he tries to explain his job."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Automobile wrecking and used parts industry--California--Los Angeles Wreckers (Vehicles)--California--Los Angeles Wrecking--California--Los Angeles Scrap metals--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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