L.A. Labor Day weekend off to bloody start with first death
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Hyde, Alan
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
Photograph article dated September 1, 1962 partially reads, "An elderly Bell Gardens man became the county's first traffic fatality today in what the National Safety Council expects will be a long, bloody Labor Day weekend. Stewart Bason, 65, 5947 Shull St., was dead on arrival at County General Hospital early today after being struck by a small sports car. Deputies said Bason was dragged 87 feet after he was hit at Garfield Ave. and Shull St. The driver of the sports car, James G. Courtney, 21, 903 Heliotrope Dr., Los Angeles, told officers that Bason appeared to be standing in the street. He was not held." Photograph caption reads, "The end comes when auto wrecker John Wilson adds to his pile of junk cars from other traffic accidents. Nation Safety Council predicts between 410-490 Americans will die in traffic mishaps during the three-day Labor Day holiday."; See images #00145941 through #00145944 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;12 x 17 cm. on sheet 13 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Wreckers (Vehicles)--California--San Fernando Valley Wrecking--California--San Fernando Valley Automobiles--California--San Fernando Valley Men--California--San Fernando Valley Labor Day--United States Holidays--United States San Fernando Valley (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs Portrait photographs
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