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Title
Big truck batters gas station, cars
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Brich, George
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
1962
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 article dated October 10, 1962 partially reads, "A 73,000-pound tractor-trailer loaded with steel pipe smashed into a Van Nuys service station Tuesday afternoon, but no one was seriously injured. Police said driver Albert Thomas, 40, of Bell Gardens, was wheeling his load off the San Diego Freeway at Burbank Blvd. when the air brakes failed. Thomas swerved to avoid hitting any cars, ripping out 30 feet of freeway guard rail, police said. But when he tried to turn onto Sepulveda Blvd., he found his steering had also failed. The vehicle shot across Sepulveda Blvd. through a gap in traffic and crashed through the glass front of the gasoline station at the northeast corner of Sepulveda and Burbank Blvds., officers reported." Photograph caption reads, "Albert Thomas climbs from his truck amidst the rubble wrought when wehicle went out of control."; See images #00141546 through #00141548 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;27 x 36 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00141546
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d050_f11_i14
CARL0005766941
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/71439
Subject
Accident investigation--California--Los Angeles
Debris--California--Los Angeles
Traffic accidents--California--Los Angeles
Accident victims--California--Los Angeles
Service stations--California--Los Angeles
Automobiles--California--Los Angeles
Tractors--California--Los Angeles
Trucks--California--Los Angeles
Streets--California--Los Angeles
Crowds--California--Los Angeles
Women--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Time Period
1961-1970

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