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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated February 7, 1962 reads "Sun Valley man and his wife burned to death here early today - Dead are Don and Peggy Cooper; a roomer, Sam Kaeli, 20, escaped without injury." Suspected cause was smoking in bed.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Fires--California--Sun Valley (Los Angeles) Dwellings--California--Sun Valley (Los Angeles) Fires--Casualties--California--Los Angeles Smoking and fires--California--Los Angeles Rubble--California--Los Angeles Chairs--California--Los Angeles Bedding--California--Los Angeles Construction and demolition debris--California--Los Angeles Lost architecture--California--Sun Valley (Los Angeles) Sun Valley (Los Angeles, Calif.) Night photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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