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Title
L.A. high-rise construction accident
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator
Haering, Michael
Date Created and/or Issued
1985
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
Title supplied by cataloger.
Pictured is one of the steel beams that fell from atop construction site at 1000 Wilshire - it landed on truck that was unloading beams. Three workers were killed, and six others were injured. Photograph dated December 18, 1985.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;24 x 35 cm. on sheet 29 x 36 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00094847
Herald Examiner Collection
HE_b005_f4_i13
CARL0005063280
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/33967
Subject
Building construction--California--Los Angeles
Structural steel workers--California--Los Angeles
Building sites--California--Los Angeles
Accidents--California--Los Angeles
Building, Iron and steel--Joints
Steel I-beams
Office buildings--California--Los Angeles
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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