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Title
L.A. high-rise construction accident
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator
Gulker, Chris
Date Created and/or Issued
1985
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
See image #00094850 for photograph that shares this caption.; Title supplied by cataloger.
Photograph caption dated December 19, 1985 reads, "Ironworkers console each other after collapse of high-rise office building left three of their colleagues dead and six others injured. Right, workmen inspect corrugated flooring that was crushed by falling girders from fifth floor above street level."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;25 x 18 cm. on sheet 26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00094851
Herald Examiner Collection
HE_b005_f4_i17
CARL0005063284
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/33428
Subject
Building construction--California--Los Angeles
Structural steel workers--California--Los Angeles
Accident victims--California--Los Angeles
Building sites--California--Los Angeles
Accidents--California--Los Angeles
Office buildings--California--Los Angeles
Building, Iron and steel--Joints
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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