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Title
Earthquake damage to hospital
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1971
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
The north wing of Olive View Hospital was one of four wings to wrench away and tumble on its side to the ground below during the early morning Sylmar earthquake. It crushed the right front side of a car parked in the lot. Photo date: February 9, 1971.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00045084
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 11265; HE-000-601 4x5
CARL0000049452
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/15832
Subject
Olive View Hospital (Los Angeles, Calif.)
San Fernando Earthquake, Calif., 1971
Earthquakes--California, Southern
Buildings--Earthquake effects--California--Sylmar (Los Angeles)
Earthquake damage--California--Los Angeles
Hospitals--California--Sylmar (Los Angeles)
Sylmar (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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