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
3 images. Boy locked by mistake in sporting goods store in Long Beach, 28 June 1958. Officer Ralph Clark (rescues boy) Michael Patrick Murphy -- 10 years (didn't realize store was being closed, he was so engrossed in baseball equipment). Supplementary material reads: "Gershon. City desk. Locked in boy. Police officer Ralph Clark, allays fears of 10 year old Michael Patrick Murphy, 10, 2701 Maine Avenue, Long Beach. Boy engrossed in baseball equipment in a sporting goods stor [sic] at 128 Broadway, Long Beach, didn't realize store was being closed and clerk didn't see him behind stack of baseball equipment. He was released hour after 5:30 p.m. closing time".
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : negatives, b&w 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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