Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Photograph caption dated June 5, 1944 reads, "Broken windows, scattered 50-gallon tanks of synthetic rubber cement and waterproof glue and a wrecked automobile give evidence here of the intensity of an explosion at the Fern Shoe Co." The explosion occurred at 2847 S. Grand Avenue in Los Angeles.
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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
Buildings--Blast effects--California--Los Angeles Debris--California--Los Angeles Shoe industry--California--Los Angeles Explosions--California--Los Angeles University Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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