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Photograph was edited for publication purposes; Title supplied by cataloger. Photograph [date unknown] shows one of the eyewitnesses to an explosion that occurred March 24, 1949 in Van Nuys. A water heater in a shed at the rear of a self-service laundry at 6416 Vesper Ave exploded, damaging the laundry and apartment dwelling next door and sending debris flying hundreds of feet.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Accidents--California--Los Angeles Steam-boiler explosions Witnesses--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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