Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Photograph caption dated April 25, 1944 reads, "Only the front steps, arrow, remain standing at the home James Rodriguez after it was demolished by a fire starting from a gas explosion that rocked Bellflower early today. In the smoking ruins were the bodies of Rodriguez' two children, Susanne Marie, and James, who were burned to death."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;19 x 24 cm. on sheet 21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Debris--California--Bellflower Explosions--California--Bellflower Gas-pipes--California--Bellflower Dwellings--California--Bellflower Lost architecture--California--Bellflower Bellflower (Calif.) Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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