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Spectators watch as rescuers climb atop a car wedged between 2 train cars, [between 1920-1939]

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Title: Spectators watch as rescuers climb atop a car wedged between 2 train cars, [between 1920-1939]
Date Created and/or Issued: [between 1920-1939]
1920/1939
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 Arcadia funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
For related images of the same accident scene, see Old Div IDs uclamss_1429_15056 through uclamss_1429_15062.
In the foreground, several spectators stand clustered together with their backs to camera. Ahead of them at center, 3 men stand atop a vehicle that appears to be wedged between 2 train cars. A boxcar sits to the right and an engine car sits at left, framing the rescuers.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_15060
ark:/21198/zz002j8rvv
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Automobiles
Debris
Spectators
Railroad accidents
Rescue work
Traffic accidents
Railroad cars
Railroads
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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