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Dangerous duty, destroying a would-be disaster

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Order Number	00095582
Title	Dangerous duty, destroying a would-be disaster
Photographer	Mullen, Mike.
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE_b007_f2_i56-12
Date	1982
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;23 x 31 cm. on sheet 29 x 36 cm.
Description	Forty-eight, 20-year-old containers of potentially explosive ether were found in a Hermosa Beach warehouse, which were once part of a 200-bed portable field hospital. Sheriff's bomb squad took the ether four miles north to Dockweiler Beach, packed the cans in sand, and detonated the containers. Photograph dated June 17, 1982.
Subject	Explosives--California--Los Angeles. Explosions--California--Los Angeles. Beaches--California--Playa del Rey (Los Angeles). Bombs--California--Los Angeles. Playa del Rey (Los Angeles, Calif.). Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs. Herald-Examiner Collection 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.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection