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
Photograph. "Hopeful -- Sister Josephine of the Los Angeles Orphanage sews doll clothes while Staff Sergeant Leo T. Batt asks Clara Jean, 8 (left), Johnnie, 9, Dede, 9, and Mary, 7, what they want for Christmas through Corps Reserve's 'Toys for tots' campaign. Girls want dolls." -- Examiner clipping attached to verso, dated 10 December 1950. "Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by PFC Robert C. Steele, 11th Marine Corps Reserve District, Los Angeles, Calif." -- stamped on verso. Streetscape. Horizontal photography.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w photographic prints photographs
Daughters Of Charity Batt, Leo T., Sergeant Los Angeles--City--Orphanages--Los Angeles Orphanage
Time Period
circa 1950-12-10
Place
-118.21804,34.03592 -118.2179,34.03575 -118.21804,34.03559 -118.2182,34.03575 California Downtown Los Angeles Los Angeles Los Angeles Orphanage USA Whittier Boulevard & Boyle Avenue
Source
3-1275-02805-5904 [Barcode] EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-ORP-028 [Original Filename] Subjects 316 [Print Box] University of Southern California [Contributing entity]
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