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Photograph caption dated August 30, 1949 reads "Mrs. Ruth Burns of Canoga Park smiles with relief as her curly-haired son, Warren, 2, cries following stomach pumping at Van Nuys Receiving Hospital. Unpleasant session with pump came after tot's grandmother found child with empty bottle of ant paste in his hands."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Van Nuys Receiving Hospital (Los Angeles, Calif.) Women--California--Los Angeles Boys--California--Los Angeles Toddlers--California--Los Angeles Mother and child--California--Los Angeles Hospital patients--California--Los Angeles Hospitals--California--Los Angeles Blinds Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Group portraits Valley Times Collection photographs
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