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Title: Debris from explosion at Japanese Consul’s Hollywood home, Los Angeles, 1925
Date Created and/or Issued: September 14, 1925
1925-09-14
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
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
This photograph is likely related to the article, “Explosion at Consul’s Home,” Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep 1925: A2.
An explosion shook the home of Japanese Consul Ken Wakasugi when his cook, V. M. Ueyama, was using the incinerator. Ueyama suffered from burn injuries.
A pile of debris is scattered on the front lawn of Consul Wakasugi’s home at 1723 Wilton Place in Hollywood.
Text from negative sleeve: Consuls, foreign, L. A. Japan, Explosion X
Handwritten on negative: Jap [sic] consul explosion
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_1703
ark:/21198/zz002dc6vt
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Consuls--Japanese--California--Los Angeles
Explosions--California--Los Angeles
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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