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Title
Gas main explosion claims two lives
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1948
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
Photograph caption dated October 14, 1948 reads, "Sudden Death Claims Two Men As Gas Main Explodes - Fireman Keeps More Fumes Away From Victims as Inhalator Squad Men Try in Vain to Revive Two Workers Caught in Gas Blast at 38th and Main Streets."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00093226
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 41
CARL0005009156
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/28638
Subject
Disaster victims--California--Los Angeles
Dead persons--California--Los Angeles
Sudden death--California--Los Angeles
Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles
Explosions--California--Los Angeles
Gas-pipes--California--Los Angeles
Rescues--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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