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Old Vanderbilt Apartments demolished

Description: Spectators watch from the sidewalk as workers collect and clear the rubble from the razed Vanderbilt Apartments, 334 South Figueroa Street.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: Mar 59
Call number: photCL 486
Creator: Conner, Palmer(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Gina Dunseth, 2004.
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