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Photograph caption dated November 11, 1963 reads "Everyone looks glum here, but the ending was happy in rescue of three youngsters from a ledge 800 feet above Suicide Canyon, in big Tujunga Canyon. Left to right, Frank Stevens of the Los Angeles County sheriff's Montrose Station, Martin Baukind, 12, Joseph Watson, 13. Not shown was fellow hiker, Lynette Watson, Joseph's sister."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Los Angeles County (Calif.).--Sheriff's Department--Employees Los Angeles County (Calif.).--Sheriff's Department.--Montrose Search and Rescue Team Men--California--Los Angeles Boys--California--Los Angeles Police--California--Los Angeles Rescues--California--Los Angeles Hiking--Search and rescue operations--California--Los Angeles Search and rescue operations--California--Los Angeles Rescue work--California--Los Angeles Firearms--California--Los Angeles Safety hats--California--Los Angeles Trees--California--Los Angeles Tujunga (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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