Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. View of Douglas Wood sitting in collared shirt, shorts, and examining right foot. Douglas, grandson of millionaire Horace Boos, decided to visit his grandmother. Police and the boy's mother, Mary L. Wood, feared Douglas had been kidnapped and searched vainly for him. Douglas arrived safely at his grandmother's. This photograph appears with the article "Boos Grandson Tells of Trip: Child Heir to Millions Causes Police Search." Los Angeles Times, 24 Sept. 1935: A1. Text from negative sleeve: 2226, 9/29/35, Douglas Wood, 4 1/2 yr old, grandson of Boos Bros. (Horace Boos), (Runaway), 9/20/35 Text from newspaper caption: While police radio patrol cars searched vainly for Douglas Wood, 4 1/2-year-old grandson of the late Horace Boos, cafeteria chain millionaire, the boy was making a seven-mile walk to his grandmother's home. It took him six hours and he arrived barefooted. Handwritten on negative: Douglas Wood, (4 1/2 years)
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_8624 ark:/21198/zz002dgj7p
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Runaway children--California--Los Angeles Boys--California--Los Angeles Wood, Douglas, b. 1931
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