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L.A. Times Building Explosion

October 1, 1910

Los Angeles Times Building Explosion

Los Angeles Times Building after bombing.
Bombed-out building of the Los Angeles Times at First Street and Broadway, October 1, 1910.  Officer Onan W. Bomar of the Los Angeles Fire Dept at left corner of view.
The Los Angeles Times Building after the bombing.
William A Spaulding Collection

An interior shot of Los Angeles Times Building after bombing.
Recovery of victim from the rubble.
The fireman carrying the casket is J. L. (Joaquin Louis) Constantine.
Photograph shows three workmen and a burned victim in the rubble created by the bombing.
Recovery of victim from the rubble created by the bombing.
Recover of victim form the rubble.
Work crew cleaning up rubble.


Located on 1st and Broadway since 1886, this is how the second Times Building looked prior to the 1910 dynamiting. The Times was originally located on Temple and New High Streets.
Source: Los Angeles Public Library Collection.

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