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B+W photo of tow truck removing truck from Holland Tunnel after fire, May 18, 1949.
Photograph
Black-and-white photo of tow truck removing a truck after a fire in the Holland Tunnel, Jersey City, NJ, May 14, 1949.
Ca. 8-1/2" x 8" (silver gelatin) print with mark-up. Photo taken by Associated Press (AP Wirephoto); print from morgue of newspaper, The Evening Sun, Baltimore, MD with published captioned clipping attached to reverse; inkstamped date.
Caption: A towing vehicle is used to move one of the trucks trapped in Holland Tunnel after blasts.
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A truck hauling the chemical carbon disulphide exploded in the tunnel on May 13th.
2011.049.0001
2011.049
Lukacs, Claire
Gift
Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.
Associated Press
1949
Jersey City
8 in
10 in
Good
Original or Copy: Original Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2011-11-25