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Title
Youths booked for raft trip down L.A. River
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1958
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph caption dated April 2, 1958 reads, "Adventure ends in jail - Peter Van Duinwyk, 18, left, talks to officer H. W. Sherforne at North Hollywood Hospital as his two friends Don E. Pullen, 19, and George Hamline, 19, at right, have warm coffee. Trio had been just rescued after floating down flood-swollen Los Angeles River 20 miles from Canoga Park on rubber raft. They were later booked for 'loitering and trespassing.'"
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00109815
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d010_f22_i10
CARL0005250337
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/45555
Subject
Police--California--Los Angeles
Young men--California--Los Angeles
Loitering--California--Los Angeles
Rescues--California--Los Angeles
Arrest--California--Los Angeles
North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Group portraits
Portrait photographs
Valley Times Collection photographs

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