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Title
Bomb blast, fire destroy $200,000 home, two cars
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator
Shultz, Bob
Date Created and/or Issued
1970
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
A powerful bomb was exploded in the carport of a $200,000 home in Doheny Estates, igniting a fire that destroyed the entire interior of the home, the carport and two automobiles. The bomb was attached to the floorboard of a late-model Cadillac, and blew a hole in the floor 2 feet square. The occupants, Mr. and Mrs. John Coughlin, who were subleasing the single-story, 5,000-square-foot stucco house in the Hollywood Hills above Sunset Boulevard, were asleep when the bomb went off about 12:30 a.m. but escaped without injury. This photo shows a mass of charred and destroyed furniture in what had been a beautiful garden near the entry. Photograph dated October 6, 1970.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;35 x 24 cm. on sheet 36 x 28 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00095534
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 41
CARL0005101900
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/30240
Subject
Explosives--California--Los Angeles
Explosions--California--Los Angeles
Bombings--California--Los Angeles
Bombs--California--Los Angeles
Dwellings--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Lost architecture--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Hollywood Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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