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Right after I took the photo above... the street blew up... the water main pipes broke... the gas main caught fire... followed by an explosion... five hundred tenement dwellers in the block were driven from their homes.
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Right after I took the photo above... the street blew up... the water main pipes broke... the gas main caught fire... followed by an explosion... five hundred tenement dwellers in the block were driven from their homes.

July 6, 1944
United States New York
Image: 6 5/16 x 8 1/8 in. (16 x 20.6 cm)
Paper: 7 3/16 x 11 1/8 in. (18.3 x 28.3 cm)
Photo-Gelatin silver
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Gift of Wilma Wilcox, 1993
Accession No. E.L. 1986.49