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Description
6 images. Gas line explosion (blast victims), Lawndale, December 20 1952. At Harbor General Hospital Thomas Arrendondo -- 7 years, injured Lola Davis (nurse) Luz Arrendono -- 10 years Mary Herrera (nurse) Rose Arrendondo. (Sleeve reads: A-9697). Supplementary material reads: "Gershon. City desk. Illus. Butane blast victims. No. 1 -- Thomas Arrendondo, 7, after treatment in Harbor General Hospital. Nos. 15/16 -- Nurse Lola Davis attends to Thomas Arrendondo, 7, victim in butane blast in Lawndale, shown in Harbor General Hospital. Nos. 2/9 -- Luz Arrendondo, 10, lying on stomach with face and hands bandaged. (No nurse shown in pix of Luz). Nos. 10/11 -- Nurse Mary Herrera aids Rose Arrendondo, 6".
Type
image
Format
6 photographs : negatives, b&w 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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