Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. This photograph appears with the article, “Rescuer Uses Coat to Save Fireman’s Life,” Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 1935: 3. Text from negative sleeve: 2236—Gordon Gould, J. H. Eggleston, Fire 4 + Anderson 9-7-35. [Stamped:] SEP 26 1935. Text from newspaper caption: Gordon Gould, left, who was working in plant on East Fourth street where blast injured two firemen yesterday, and J. H. Eggleston, showing coats he wrapped around Fireman George A. Damron, hurled more than thirty feet, and made human torch by explosion. Handwritten on negative: LtR—Gordon Gould-J.H. Eggleston 9-7-35.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_8670 ark:/21198/zz002dgktz
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles Gould, Gordon, 1911-1920 Eggleston, J. H
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