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
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Related to "Cliff Traps Three Boys," Los Angeles Times, 03 Aug 1935: A1. 8-year-old Robert Ellis, 11-year-old Robert Jeanette, and 12-year-old Clarence Ward found themselves stuck on an edge in Arroyo Seco above a 130 foot drop above the valley floor. They shouted for help until citizens heard them and contacted the fire department. Firemen and policemen in the process of rescuing three boys, Clarence Ward, Bobby Jeanette and Bobby Ellis, who had gotten trapped in Arroyo Seco. One fireman carries a boy while scaling down the brush-filled canyon. A second boy has already been rescued and waits at the base of the canyon with a fireman and a policeman. Another person is still up on the canyon wall at the top of the rope. Negative 7774 misfiled in envelope for 7775. Handwritten on [correct] negative sleeve: 1312. Firemen rescuing boys at Arroyo & Ave 54x. 8-2-35 [stamped:] Aug 8 1935 Handwritten on negative: 8-2-35
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7774 ark:/21198/zz002dfhx3
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Arroyo Seco (Los Angeles County, Calif.) Boys--California--Los Angeles County Canyons--California--Los Angeles County Rescues--California--Arroyo Seco Fire fighters--California--Arroyo Seco Police--California--Los Angeles County Ellis, Robert, b. 1927 or 28 Ward, Clarence, b. 1923 or 24 Jeanette, Robert, b. 1924 or 25
Source
OpenUCLA Collections Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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