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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated February 1, 1950 reads, "Alesandro Ulloa, 44, tells from Van Nuys Receiving Hospital bed how he placed his arms over his head to enable himself to breathe when he was trapped in cavein in Reseda sewer trench. Listening is Leon Ramon Cota."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Van Nuys Receiving Hospital (Los Angeles, Calif.) Construction industry--Accidents--California--Los Angeles Construction workers--Wounds and injuries--California--Los Angeles Construction workers--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Hospitals--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles) Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Group portraits Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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