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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated August 11, 1961 reads, "Truck-car collision occurred at Burbank boulevard and Colfax avenue at 5:30 a.m. today after freakish thunder and lightning storm knocked out signal, one of scores of power failures caused by the storm in the San Fernando Valley. Truck driver James Robertson, 61, 6041 Morelia Ave., North Hollywood, was treated at Valley Doctors Hospital, North Hollywood, for a fractured shoulder. Driver of the car was Ronald Lee Costello, 18, 1440 1/2 Temple St., Los Angeles."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Paul Bakery (Los Angeles, Calif.).--Employees Storms--California--Los Angeles Electric power failures--California--Los Angeles Traffic accidents--California--Los Angeles Thunderstorms--California--Los Angeles Automobiles--California--Los Angeles Trucks--California--Los Angeles Streets--California--North Hollywood (Los Angeles) Street signs--California--North Hollywood (Los Angeles) Burbank Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) Colfax Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.) North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Night photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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