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Title: Gas blast rips dairy cafe
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.
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Description: Photograph caption dated September 30, 1957 reads "Crowd gathers in front of dairy cafe at 8768 Reseda Blvd. shortly after thunderous explosion blew out front of store and hurled slivers of glass 75 feet across wide boulevard. Cafe owner suffered concussions and small bicyclist received minor cuts from flying glass as he passed." See image 00155151 for additional photo in this series.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 16 x 16 cm.
Identifier: 00155150
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_d059_f7_i2
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/128150
Subject: Police
Spectators
Men
Boys
Restaurants
Explosions
Reseda (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Time Period: 1951-1960

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