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Ocia Mae Miles and brother Herman at hospital after eating some "strange bluish powder" in Los Angeles, Calif., 1949

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Title: Ocia Mae Miles and brother Herman at hospital after eating some "strange bluish powder" in Los Angeles, Calif., 1949
Date Created and/or Issued: May 8, 1949
1949-05-08
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: KNOW BETTER NOW -- Ocia Mae Miles, 1 1/2, left, and brother Herman, 2 1/2, ate some "strange bluish powder" that turned out to be harmless clay, but were among five children treated yesterday at Georgia Street Receiving Hospital for odd diets.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b65_57609
ark:/21198/zz0002vttc
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Youth
Hospitals--Emergency service
Children--Nutrition--Psychological aspects
Poisoning, Accidental, in children--California--Los Angeles County
African American children--California--Los Angeles County
Georgia Street Receiving Hospital (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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