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Emergency services on scene at O'Connor Electro-Plating explosion in Los Angeles, Calif., 1947

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Title: Emergency services on scene at O'Connor Electro-Plating explosion in Los Angeles, Calif., 1947
Date Created and/or Issued: February 21, 1947
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-2827
Description: Compression blew out windows in near-by buildings and shattered glass in some structures more than a mile away, while reverberating roar carried as far as San Fernando Valley and Los Angeles Harbor. It was worst blast in city's history.
Type: Image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b11_44870-2
ark:/21198/zz0002r6j6
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Disaster
Automobiles--United States--1940-1950
Electroplating industry--California--Los Angeles County
Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles County
Industrial accidents--California--Los Angeles County
O'Connor Electro-Plating Corp
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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