Image / Juan de Lopez is lifted from 1949 pipeline excavation cave-in Pasadena, Calif

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Title: Juan de Lopez is lifted from 1949 pipeline excavation cave-in Pasadena, Calif
Date Created and/or Issued: June 10, 1949
1949-06-10
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) 825-4988
Description: BURIED ALIVE -- Hands reach down to help Juan de Lopez as he is lifted from excavation cave-in. The worker was buried alive for a few moments when dirt gave way.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b68_58180
ark:/21198/zz0002w6z6
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Excavation--Accidents--California--Los Angeles County
Disaster
Industrial accidents--California--Los Angeles County
People
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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