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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
Death Plunge
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I wonder if the LA Times had a special artist just for drawing the trajectory lines in all the suicide and accident photos...
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Arrow shows how 86-year old man, Frederick Morris, leaped to his death at Park La Brea Apartments. Suicide victim lays covered on the steps leading into the building. Photograph dated August 9, 1955.
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Arrow shows how retired business executive, Ogden S. Sells, leaped to his death at Park La Brea Towers, December 1, 1958.
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The body of Earl F. Walker lies beneath the First Street Bridge, after he fell or leaped (broken line) to death. Photograph dated May 29, 1948.
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A 13-floor fall, and he still lived! The dotted line shows where the man fell from the top floor window. He was taken to a hospital, where he was reported in critical condition. Photo dated: October 14, 1944.
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Broken line marks course of Yasbec's leap from the Municipal Courts Building. He was believed to have been despondent over his recent conviction in this building on a drunk driving charge. Photo dated: July 14, 1952.
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Photograph article dated March 16, 1950 partially reads, "Dr. Irving A. Marvin, 56, chiropody surgeon and foot specialist, plunged to his death yesterday from a ninth floor window of the Hall of Records."
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Photograph caption dated March 1, 1927 reads, "Authorities today were investigating the death of John Lee O'Brien, 19-year-old Los Angeles youth pictured at left, when he fell from an Ocean Park roller coaster into the sea. The photo-diagram shows the point at which O'Brien fell from the coaster car and the dotted line indicates the path of his plunge of 50 feet into the ocean to his death."
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Photograph caption dated August 29, 1945 reads, "Five men were killed and one was injured today when this oil well at Seal Beach blew in, caught fire and exploded. The dotted line shows where one of the men was blown from the top of the structure to his death. Arrow shows where the bodies of the others were found."
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Photograph caption dated August 9, 1928 reads, "Photo-diagram of the 100-foot high Colorado street bridge at Pasadena shows how Melville Humble, 20, and Jay Page, 17, leaped off in a gamble with death and won. Heavy dotted line shows how they jumped into a tree and caught there. Light dotted line shows where they clambered down in safety."
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Photograph caption dated August 9, 1937 reads, "Photo shows the bridge as seen from the nearby canyon walls, with the new steel mesh fence hardly visible. No suicides have leaped from the Colorado street bridge since work on the protective fence began several weeks ago. The new fence will not detract from the span's beauty."
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