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Title
Burned while rescuing children from fire
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
1959
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
Title supplied by cataloger.
A nurse stands by Frank Lowe who suffers from second and third-degree burns and lays bandaged at Northridge Receiving Hospital. He collapsed on the bedroom floor after rescuing his children from his burning house in Granada Hills and was trapped until firemen rescued him. Photograph dated: June 4, 1959.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00083085
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d001_f45_i20
CARL0000082295
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/42185
Subject
Northridge Receiving Hospital (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Burns and scalds--California--Los Angeles
Fathers
Hospitals--California--Northridge (Los Angeles)
Nurses--California--Los Angeles
Northridge (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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