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Title: Man blown up as he carries bomb near police station
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: 1970
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.
Description: Photograph caption dated July 2, 1970 reads, "Explosive Device Kills Would-Be Bomber At Compton Police Station - Officers carry away the body of Thomas L. Harper Jr., 23, after bomb planting attempt backfired."
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;19 x 25 cm. on sheet 21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00095523
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 41
CARL0005101824
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/30115
Subject: Dead persons--California--Compton
Men--California--Compton
Explosions--California--Compton
Explosives--California--Compton
Bombings--California--Compton
Bombs--California--Compton
Police--California--Compton
Streets--California--Compton
Police stations--California--Compton
Compton (Calif.)
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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