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Title
Stunt man dies in leap from 7th floor building
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator
Sergieff, Mike
Date Created and/or Issued
1986
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
Los Angeles Police officers conduct an investigation while Los Angeles City Fire crew watche the inflatable mat where a stunt man jumped off a seventh story floor, bounced off, hitting the pavement which proved fatal. The accident occurred at Mission Furniture Manufacturing Co. (originally the headquarters for the National Biscuit Company, designed by E. J. Eckel), 673 S. Mateo Street and corner of Industrial. The stuntman was identified as 26-year-old Brett Smrz. Photograph dated September 22, 1986.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;25 x 34 cm. on sheet 29 x 36 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00096063
Herald Examiner Collection
HE_b008_f2_i8-2
CARL0005108469
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/30193
Subject
Police--California--Los Angeles
Stunt performers--Accidents--California--Los Angeles
Falls (Accidents)--California--Los Angeles
Accidents--California--Los Angeles
Streets--California--Los Angeles
Mateo Street (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
Eckel, E.J

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