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Traffic collision between street car and truck, Cahuenga Pass and Dark Canyon. 1924

Description
A view of the wreckage following a collision between a street car and a truck. The front of the street car is dented and scratched and the windows are broken. The truck is no longer recognizable as a vehicle, with the body completely destroyed and the engine laying exposed on the tracks. A crowd of men watch as workers attach chains to remove the truck wreckage from the tracks. A billboard in the background reads "Hollywood Knolls ; Homesites $1500 up".
Type
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Date
1924
Call number
photCL Whitt 0870 ; Whitt neg. 0004
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