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Title
Plane crash debris
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1957
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
Pictured are workers removing debris from a plane crash at Pacoima Junior High School. A Douglas DC7B transport crashed into the school yard after colliding with a Northrop jet trainer plane. Eight people died and many more were injured. Photograph dated February 6, 1957.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00132119
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d037_f28_i30
CARL0005553955
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/62443
Subject
Pacoima Middle School (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Men--California--Los Angeles
Spectators--California--Los Angeles
Middle schools--California--Los Angeles
Schools--California--Pacoima (Los Angeles)
Aircraft accidents--California--Los Angeles
Trucks--California--Los Angeles
Automobiles--California--Los Angeles
Trees--California--Los Angeles
Debris--California--Los Angeles
Dwellings--California--Pacoima (Los Angeles)
Pacoima (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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