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Photograph caption dated August 25, 1956 reads, "End of overnight trip - Bonnie Dell Houston, 8, is led away from railroad crossing by mother, Mrs. John Houston, of Sepulveda, who is carrying play clothes that her daughter was to wear while visiting Mrs. Bonnie Moore, child's grandmother, who was hurt as train destroyed car. Girl escaped wreck by running from car."; See image #00145906 for additional photo in this series.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
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