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Title: Cabin Cruiser "Jennie T" explosion at the Harbor, 1961
Creator: Gershon
Date Created and/or Issued: 1961-07-08
Publication Information: University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution: University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection: Los Angeles Examiner Collection, 1920-1961
Rights Information: Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
USC Libraries Special Collections
University of Southern California
specol@usc.edu
Description: 5 images. Cabin Cruiser "Jennie T" explosion at the Harbor, 8 July 1961. Maurice Tichener -- 45 years (injured in explosion)
Sidney Melman -- 49 years (escaped death)
Richard Tichener -- 19 years (escaped death)
Allan R. Swansbrough -- 19 years (escaped death)
Miss Barbara Barren -- 16 years (escaped death)
Steve Centman -- 15 years (escaped death)
Harry Chapman -- 44 years (escaped death)
Martin Berger -- 48 years (owner of boat injured).
Supplementary material reads: "Los Angeles Examiner. Subject: Boat explosion. Photographer: Gershon. Location: Wilmington. Names: Gutted. Firemen making final steps extinguishing fire which followed explosion of 35 foot cabin cruiser Jennie T.".
Additional supplementary material reads: "Boat explosion. Gershon. 1961-07-08. Wilmington. Martin Berger, 48, one of more seriously burned victims of boat explosion at Berth 204, on Cerritos Channel, Wilmington, L.A. Harbor. Unidentified ambulance attendant right".
Additional supplementary material reads: "Gershon boat explosion. Maurice Tichener, 45, in ambulance, owner of 'Jennie T.' in explosion L.A. harbor 1961-07-08. Several shots of gutted Jennie T. Group shot: W Escaped death in explosion of cabin cruiser Jennie T: Left to right: Unidentified police officer, Sidney Melman, 49, Richard Tichener, 19, Allan R. Swansbrough, 19, Miss Barbara Barren 16, Steve Centman, 15, Harry Chapman, 44".
Type: image
Format: 5 photographs : negatives, b&w
10 x 13 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier: examiner-m13354
EXM-N-12982-012~1...~5
http://doi.org/10.25549/examiner-m13354
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/EXM-N-12982-012~1.jpg
Language: English
Time Period: 1961-07-08
Source: 12982-012 [Sleeve Number]
University of Southern California [Contributing entity]
Relation: Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961
Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961
examiner-m1663

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