Remains of the Day: Residents and workers mill around the O'Connor Electro-Plating Corporation at 926 E. Pico Boulevard. Meanwhile, rescue crews comb the wreckage of the city's worst industrial accident, which claimed 17 lives and injured 150.

Photos: L.A. Daily News & L.A. Times/UCLA Collection

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