Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Clarence Ward sits in the arms of Battalion Chief Ward, Robert Jeanette and Robert Ellis sitting beside them. Fireman Booth stands above the boys with a hook attached around his waist. 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. Photograph appears with the article, "Cliff Traps Three Boys," Los Angeles Times, 03 Aug 1935: A1. Text from negative sleeve: 1312 - Firemen rescuing boys at Arroyo - Ave 54x 8-2-35 [stamped:] Aug 8- 1935 Handwritten on negative: 8-2-35 Text from newspaper caption: These three boys, left to right, Clarence Ward, Robert Jeanette and Robert Ellis, shown with two of their rescuers, Battalion Chief Ward and Fireman Booth, after being taken from a rocky ledge, 150 feet above the floor of Arroyo Seco at Avenue 54 after becoming marooned during a hike.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7775 ark:/21198/zz002dfhzm
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Fire fighters--California--Arroyo Seco Rescues--California--Arroyo Seco Rocks--California--Arroyo Seco Gravel Children--California--Arroyo Seco Ellis, Robert, b. 1927 or 28 Ward, Clarence, b. 1923 or 24 Booth, (Fireman) Ward, (Battalion Chief) Jeanette, Robert, b. 1924 or 25
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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