Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. This photograph appears with the article "Firemen Effect Rescue at Dizzy Height: How Kitty Was Rescued After Long One-Way Climb." Los Angeles Times, 23 Sept. 1935: 16. View of firefighters rescuing a cat in a palm tree on Kenmore avenue near Wilshire boulevard. Fireman Jack Ewing removed the cat from the tree. Related to Los Angeles Times article, “Fireman Proves Hero; Rescues Cat in Tree.” 23 Sept. 1935: A1. Text from newspaper caption: Neighbors had to call the hook-and-ladder to rescue kitty after she got up this tree and couldn't get back down. Her tree sitting was accompanied by midnight sound effects. Kitty made her one-way climb Thursday. It wasn't until yesterday that Fireman Jack Ewing with the moral support of two fire companies brought her down. Ewing is shown with the cat. Handwritten on negative: Cat in tree, Kenmore St. Text from negative sleeve: 2216, Fireman Jack Ewing, Cat Rescue, Cat Rescue, [stamped:] Sep 26 1935
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_8607 ark:/21198/zz002dghnd
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Fire engines--California--Los Angeles Rescues--California--Los Angeles Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles Ewing, Murray Jack, 1901-1967
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