Title supplied by cataloger. This was the tearful scene at inquest today into the death of Patrick Burns jr., 7, when the boy's grief-stricken mother, Mrs. Constance Burns (in black) collapsed as witnesses related details of how her son was killed by a motorist as he walked through a guarded school crossing. The boy's father, left, and aunt, Eva Frerger, right, sobbed with Mrs. Burns. Photograph dated November 15, 1947.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;20 x 23 cm. on sheet 21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Traffic accidents--California--Los Angeles Child traffic fatalities--California--Los Angeles Traffic fatalities--California--Los Angeles Manslaughter--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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