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
6 images. Traffic accident at 23rd and Figueroa Streets -- Truck overturned and dumped dirt on car and passengers, 8 November 1955. Mrs. Marie McKarson Billy McKarson -- 6 months Marie McKarson -- 4 years Dorothy Mae McKarson -- 7 years Jack McKarson, Jr. -- 2 years David McKarson -- 12 years (nephew) Jack McKarson (father). Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Wesselmann. Date: 1955-11-08. Reporter: Alfaro. Assignment: Traffic accident at 23rd & Figueroa -- Truck turned over and dumped dirt on car & passengers. 13-14: Fireman wets down spilled gas from overturned truck. 9-10: Another view showing passenger car and how it was hit. 15-16: Shots showing the members of the McKarson family, unhurt, in front of their wrecked car. Mrs. Marie McKarson, 25, holding Billy, 6 months. (Marie, 4 Hazel, 3 Dorothy Mae, 7, and Jack, Jr., 2, are seated in the car). David McKarson, 12, a nephew, stands with his uncle Jack McKarson."
Type
image
Format
6 photographs : negatives, b&w 13 x 10 cm. image/tiff negatives (photographic) photographs
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