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Title
Roadside cafe traffic accident, Alhambra
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1941
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
The roadside cafe at 2969 Valley Boulevard in Alhambra is shown after an automobile, apparently out of control, crashed through one of its walls and drove into the shop, resulting in severe injuries to four persons. Urns of hot coffee were knocked down and the serving counter was wrecked as car smashed into shop. Roof of cafe shows advertisement for: Ben-Hur Delicious Drip Coffee. Photo dated: June 5, 1941.
Type
Image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00073540
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 9243.
CARL0000076430
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/27619
Subject
Ben-Hur Products, Inc
Traffic accidents--California--Alhambra
Restaurants--California--Alhambra
Coffee--California--Alhambra
Streets--California--Alhambra
Alhambra (Calif.)
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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