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Title
Walter Burke arrives in a freight "gondola"
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator
Moss Photo
Date Created and/or Issued
1929
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
Walter Burke, 17, in quest of adventure and a movie career arrived in a freight "gondola." When he jumped off the "gondola" in the Santa Fe yards, he was astonished when a girl greeted him. She represented the Travelers' Aid Society, which watches incoming trains. She cajoled Walter into posing for a picture--"just as you are." Photo dated: February 8, 1929.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00039983
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 2557.
CARL0000044675
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/13057
Subject
Travelers' Aid Society
Railroads--Cars
Railroad tracks--California--Los Angeles
Teenagers--California--Los Angeles
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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