Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. When baby Richard Burt was left alone in the car to play he found one of his father's .22 caliber cartridges in the side-pocket of the car and pushed the cartridge against the electrical contact points in the empty dash-light socket, which caused it to explode, but only injuring Richard's finger with some powder burns. The bullet from the shell had been melted. Richard, wearing nothing but a diaper, puts his fist against the dashboard. A woman's legs are seen sitting in the driver's seat, possibly his mother. Photograph appears with the article, "Tiny Blast Perils Baby," Los Angeles Times, 20 July 1935: A1. Text from negative sleeve: 11259 - Dick Burt-16 mo - Near Accident 7/19/35 [stamped:] Jul 22 1935 Text from newspaper caption: Little Richard Burt, 16 months of age, found a cartridge in his father's automobile yesterday and pushed into the dashlight connection. It exploded. He laughs as he shows how it was done. Handwritten on negative: 107 107 Dick Burt-16 mo 7/19/35
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image
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_7630 ark:/21198/zz002dfbz6
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No linguistic content
Subject
Accidents--California--Los Angeles Automobiles--American--California--Los Angeles Infants--California--Los Angeles Burt, Richard Orville b. 1934
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