Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 USC Libraries Special Collections University of Southern California specol@usc.edu
Description
11 images. Boy rescue, 8 August 1951. Walter Weirich -- 17 years (being rescued by helicopter). Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Richardson. Date: 1951-08-08. Reporter: Swaim. Assignment: Boy rescue. K5: Mrs. Mary Martin, sister of victim, watching rescue work from Passimist Fathers Retreat House. K6: Mrs. Mary Martin, sister, and Martin Weirich, 8, brother, waiting rescue. K22: L-R: Eddie Rankin, volunteer rescuer Mrs. Mary Martin, sister Martin Weirich, 8, brother and Jerome Weirich, father".
Type
image
Format
11 photographs : negatives, b&w 13 x 10 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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