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Title: Explosion demolishes home
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: 1951
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
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Description: Photograph was edited for publication purposes.; Title supplied by cataloger.
Photograph shows several firemen as they sift through debris at a home, which was the result of an explosion. Several walls were knocked out and numerous windows were shattered. It is not known if any persons were injured, and the cause of the blast was not immediately determined. Photograph dated May 4, 1951.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;19 x 24 cm. on sheet 21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00099393
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 41
CARL0005112153
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/30368
Subject: Explosions--California--Los Angeles
Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles
Debris--California--Los Angeles
Dwellings--California--Los Angeles
Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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