Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Bird's-eye view of crashed street car at First and Hill Streets, with working street car, parked cars, and hill in foreground, police officers and crowd gathered at intersection in midground, buildings and billboards in background. Business signs read: Shell, Sam's Auto Park, Ben's Famous Lunch, Hotel La Cross A similar photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, February 9, 1937, Eight Persons Injured When Street Car Runs Wild on First Street Grade. … brakes on the street car failed to work as it descended steep First-street slope west of Hill street. … Eight persons were injured as the heavy vehicle smashed through the barrier at bottom of hill, careened across busy thoroughfare, crushed a small brick restaurant on the corner, mangled two automobiles and half tipped over against another light pole before stopping. … Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Feb 12 1937 7849 - Street car wreck - 1st & Hill - Feb-8-37
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Image
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_0188 0188 ark:/21198/zz002d9dkp
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No linguistic content
Subject
Street railroad accidents--California--Los Angeles Disaster Transportation
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