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Title
Collapsed floor injures nine
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator
Mendoza, Javier
Date Created and/or Issued
1985
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
A woman who was injured when the floor collapsed at a Mexican restaurant located at 721 S. Hill Street, is carried by a firefighter and a paramedic to a waiting ambulance. The floor of the restaurant collapsed into the basement, injuring nine people. Investigators blamed the episode on dry rot in old timbers. Photograph dated March 31, 1985.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;25 x 30 cm. on sheet 29 x 36 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00094845
Herald Examiner Collection
HE_b005_f4_i12-2
CARL0005063278
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/33965
Subject
Accident victims--California--Los Angeles
Restaurants--California--Los Angeles
Accidents--California--Los Angeles
Rescues--California--Los Angeles
Floors--California--Los Angeles
Hill Street (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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