Primitive air conditioning is used in the old buildings of Los Angeles County General Hospital. Here, on October 28, 1954, a fan blows over a pan of ice cubes. This scene is in a children's ward.
Los Angeles County General Hospital Hospitals--California--Los Angeles Air conditioning--California--Los Angeles Children--California--Los Angeles Weather Boyle Heights (Los Angeles, Calif.) Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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