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Title: Southern Pacific train derailed by utility truck, Glendale, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: October 19, 1935
1935-10-19
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: Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
The Southern Pacific Railroad locomotive had crashed into a seven-ton truck on the tracks in Glendale, near San Fernando Road and Doran Street. A dozen people were injured, with no fatalities.
This photograph is related to the article, "Train Wreck in Glendale Hurts Dozen," Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct 1935: 1, 10.
Handwritten on negative: S. P. train wreck Glendale 10-19-35
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 2570-- Train Wreck, S.P. = Glendale, 10-19-35, [Stamped:] OCT 23 1935
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_9033
ark:/21198/zz002hbwh3
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Railroad accidents--California--Glendale
Spectators--California--Glendale
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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