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Gus Lyon refuses to sleep until his cousin, Kathy Fiscus, is rescued, 1949

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Title: Gus Lyon refuses to sleep until his cousin, Kathy Fiscus, is rescued, 1949
Date Created and/or Issued: April 9, 1949
1949-04-09
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: Kathy Fiscus was trapped after falling into a 110 ft. well in San Marino. Kathy, 3 1/2, subsequently died in the well.
FIGHTING SLEEP - Determined to stay awake to learn the fate of his cousin, Gus Lyon, 5, refused to go to bed until Kathy Fiscus is rescued.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: b63_57117-2
ark:/21198/zz0013zrq0
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Youth
People
Disaster
Children--Death
Family--California, Southern
Children--California--Los Angeles County
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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