Jason Brice points out (2014) that the wrecked car appears to be a 1926 or 1927 Nash Coupe;
a 1926 Nash Special Six 235 Coupe is pictured here for comparison. There is a Nash Coupe on the list of
"Employees Automobiles Wrecked in Edison Camp at Kemp" provided (2014) by Ann Stansell.
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Photo No. 15 from The Newhall Land and Farming Co.'s March 24, 1928 report
on the March 12-13 St. Francis Dam Disaster.
Wrecked autos belonging to some of the c. 150 men who perished at the
Southern California Edison Co. Construction Camp just west of the Los Angeles-Ventura
county line. According to the text,
"you will notice these automobiles scattered all over the entire field
and at the left a stream crane being used to right some of them.
An interesting point is that while the automobile bodies,
machinery and tops were very seriously damaged, we did not see a
single instance where one of the tires was broken."
Original caption by Almer M. Newhall reads as follows:
No. 15 Present condition former So. Cal. Ed. Co. Camp
From Plate VI.
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