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Emma Boyts, 15, sitting on a chair on top of a desk, Los Angeles, November 13, 1939

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Title: Emma Boyts, 15, sitting on a chair on top of a desk, Los Angeles, November 13, 1939
Date Created and/or Issued: November 13, 1939
1939-11-13
Publication Information: Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Photo of 15-year-old Emma Boyts sitting on a chair on top of a desk before she was hit by a truck while crossing San Fernando Road. Boyts was only injured but her friend, 12-year-old Luise Schoenemann, was killed. The truck driver, Clarence E. Anderson, was held on suspicion of manslaughter after the crossing guard told police that Anderson ignored his motions to halt traffic while the two girls crossed.
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Emma Boyts
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Boyts, Emma
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz002804pp
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Girls--California--Los Angeles
People
Traffic accidents--California--Los Angeles
Boyts, Emma
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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