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Description
Order Number
00093233
Title
Gas
main
break
near
Evening
Herald
and
Express
perils
hundreds
Collection ID
Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession
HE
box
41
Date
1947
Physical Description
1
photographic
print
:b&w
;21
x
26
cm
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Description
Thousands
of
cubic
feet
of
gas
escaping
from a
ruptured
high-pressure
main
occurred
on
Georgia
street
,
between
12th
Place
and
Pico
Blvd.
,
forcing
the
evacuation
of
68
persons
from
Georgia
Hotel
and
causing
the
Evening
Herald
and
Express
to
temporarily
halt
publication
. The
break
was
made
by a
mechanical
ditchdigging
machine
preparing
to
lay
a
water
main
for the
municipal
Department
of
Water
and
Power
, but was
capped
after
a
four-hour
struggle
by a
Southern
California
Gas
Co
.
crew
.
Photograph
dated
January
8
,
1947
.
Subject
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express (Firm).
Newspaper buildings--California--Los Angeles.
Explosions--California--Los Angeles.
Gas-pipes--California--Los Angeles.
Streets--California--Los Angeles.
Hotels--California--Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs.
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs.
Format
Photographic prints
Reproduction Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at
http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html
for additional information.
Internal Notes
Additional
print
:
00093242
.
Sub-Collection Name
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
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