As nurses and doctors help whell patients out of smashed buildings, rescue workers began the gisly search for other patients and hospital workers who are trapped in the collapsed buildings at the Veterans Administration hospital. Seven patients were reported killed when the building collapsed during a devastating earthquake that struck the Southern California area early 2/9.

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Title:
As nurses and doctors help whell patients out of smashed buildings, rescue workers began the gisly search for other patients and hospital workers who are trapped in the collapsed buildings at the Veterans Administration hospital. Seven patients were reported killed when the building collapsed during a devastating earthquake that struck the Southern California area early 2/9.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Earthquakes Misc.
Photographer:
United Press International
Name on Item:
UPI
Date:
[ca. February 1971]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Earthquakes
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 220 x 280 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/bn99dh948
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_001164_0057
Barcode:
39999088103708