Blast damages three-bedroom house in Mission Hills
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.
Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated April 3, 1961 reads, "Robert Budin views remains of his home, 10801 Sharp Ave." The article partially reads, "When a 38-year-old Mission Hills man and his wife and two children returned home from a shopping trip at 3 p.m. Saturday they found firemen and neighbors surrounding their home. Shortly after 2 p.m. a plastic gas line had exploded beneath the living room, ripping a hole in the floor, shoving the house at 10801 Sharp Ave. off its foundation and setting a fire in the attic."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Accidents--California--Los Angeles Explosions--California--Los Angeles Debris--California--Los Angeles Homeowners--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Dwellings--California--Mission Hills (Los Angeles) Mission Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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