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This was one of a group of photos taken in the aftermath of the 1989 Earthquake which won the Oakland Tribune a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the disaster. At the bottom of this photo is handwritten, "People remove bricks from crushed cars in 'The Tribune' parking lot, no injuries." Photo shows several men, African American and Asian, standing around and on a car crushed by bricks from a nearby building.

Used: Oakland Tribune