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Title
"Death rock" dispute starts
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1955
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
Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph caption dated April 29, 1955 reads "Size of L-shaped rock that has already crushed one little girl to death is indicated by six-foot man. Removal of slab in wash between Oxnard street and Laurel Canyon is bogged down in jurisdictional dispute between county and federal authorities."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00142487
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d051_f2_i16
CARL0005743172
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/70878
Subject
Men--California--Los Angeles
Concrete slabs
Alluvial plains--California--Los Angeles
Accidents--California--Los Angeles
North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Valley Times Collection photographs
Time Period
1951-1960

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