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Title
Automobile's mangled remains lie 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.
The camera looks through the gap between 2 train cars. Between the railroad cars, the mangled remains of an automobile lies at center. A boxcar sits beside it at left. Several spectators sit atop the boxcar and look down at the wreckage. An engine car sits at right.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_15061
ark:/21198/zz002j8rwc
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Automobiles
Debris
Spectators
Railroad accidents
Rescue work
Traffic accidents
Railroad cars
Railroads
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

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