C. L. Green rummages through rubble at lawnmower shop
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Goldwater, Jeff
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
Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph article dated September 25, 1962 partially reads, "Jim Johnson, 30,...an employe at the shop, C. L. Green's, 7251 Woodley Ave., said he was standing about 15 feet away from a natural gas-operated steam cleaner when the machine exploded....Owner C. L. Green said the explosion littered the floor of the shop with lawnmower parts and broken glass and knocked out the rear windows and a 12-foot concrete block wall. Glass from the front windows was sent flying more than 104 feet by the blast."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
C. L. Green's (Los Angeles, Calif.) Stores & shops--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles) Accidents--California--Los Angeles Explosions--California--Los Angeles Debris--California--Los Angeles Businessmen--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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