UPI Telephoto. Original press photograph depicting the devastating effect of an explosion in Chicago, February 1968. Stamped along the verso. The Mickelberry Sausage Company plant explosion killed nine and injured 70 after a valve on a gasoline truck was sheared off by a garbage can causing a series of explosions.
Full caption reading:
Passersby aid Firemen, blown from burning meatpacking plant, 2/7. Six were killed and 67 injured in the devastating explosion.
Height: 9 in x width: 7 1/4 in.
Condition: Wear and handling marks throughout. Stamps and inscriptions along the verso, consistent with press photography. The work is not framed.
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