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Title: Scene of tragic hit-run death
Alternative Title: Valley Times Photo Collection;
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: 1957
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.
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Description: Photograph was edited for publication purposes.
Photograph caption dated September 14, 1957 reads "Witness to hit-and-run killing of 2-year-old Jimmy DiGiuseppe, Ruben Minchaca, 27, (arrow on left) stands on point of impact and points to spot 30 feet away where injured boy landed (arrow on right) against curb. Accident occurred at intersection of Hart street and Beckford avenue, Reseda. Boy died yesterday. Minchaca told police he saw woman driving light green car strike child, then speed off."
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 12 x 16 cm.
Identifier: 00155046
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_d058_f37_i20
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/127967
Subject: Men
Witnesses
Accidents
Crime scenes
Dwellings
Streets
Sidewalks
Reseda (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Time Period: 1951-1960

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