Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of workers retrieving Calvin Darling from a pit that caved in on him. Two men are seen standing at opposite sides of the pit, with Darling seen at center. Two signs from the gasoline service station provide a buttress against loose earth surrounding the pit. One sign reads: "Vales Ground 75 [cents] per cyl." Darling was working on completion of a storage tank pit at the service station when the incident occurred. Reported in the Los Angeles Times article, "Slide In Pit Traps Man: Laborer Saved From Death After Burial Beneath Tons of Earth," 24 Aug. 1935: A1. Handwritten on negative: Calvin Darling caught in cave in, 8-23-35. Text from negative sleeve: 1745. Calvin Darling at San Pedro & Santa Barbara. Caught in cave in, 8-23-35. [Stamped:] Aug 27.
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_10133 ark:/21198/zz002ddwvx
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Rescues--California Darling, Calvin, b. 1894 or 95
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