Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Several train cars lie in ruin, derailed with train parts strewn across the railroad accident site. Three men look through the wreckage while onlookers stand a short distance away. The Southern Pacific Railroad locomotive had crashed into a seven-ton truck on the tracks in Glendale. A dozen people were injured, with no fatalities. Related to article, "Trainwreck in Glendale Hurts Dozen," Los Angeles Times, October 20, 1935. Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 2570-- Train Wreck, S.P. = Glendale, 10-19-35, [Stamped:] OCT 23 1935 Handwritten on nitrate negative: Wrecked S.P. Train, 10-19-35
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image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_9027 ark:/21198/zz002dh14b
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Disaster Transportation Railroad accidents--California--Glendale Spectators--California--Glendale Southern Pacific Railroad Company
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