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Mourners gather outside of Alhambra funeral chapel at services for Kathy Fiscus. B. 1949

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Title: Mourners gather outside of Alhambra funeral chapel at services for Kathy Fiscus. B. 1949
Date Created and/or Issued: April 14, 1949
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) 825-3018
Description: Kathy Fiscus died after falling into a San Marino well. Rescue workers were not able to reach her in time.
MOURNERS, ALL - Part of the throng outside Alhambra funeral chapel as services were conducted yesterday for little Kathy. For hours preceding the sorrowful services hundreds of persons silently passed by her casket to view her. She lay in death holding her favorite doll.
Type: Image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: b63_57117-10
ark:/21198/zz001400v9
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Crowds
Disaster
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Children--Death
Chapels--California, Southern
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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