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Title
Bobby Swanson with a fistful of matches, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued
September 25, 1935
Publication Information
Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information
US
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
This photograph appears with the article, “Nurserymen to Hold Convention at San Diego,” Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 1935: A2.
Photograph of Bobby Swanson standing on a chair with a fist full of matches. He is wearing overalls and is in a kitchen.
Text from newspaper caption: As Fire Prevention Week approaches, Bobby Swanson demonstrates one of the admonitions: “Keep unburnt matches out of reach of small children.”
Handwritten on negative: Bobby Swanson.
Text from negative sleeve: 2294—Mrs. Lawrence J. Swanson, Bobbie Swanson, Bobby. (Fire Prevention) 9-21-35. [Stamped:] SEP 26 1935.
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_8711
ark:/21198/zz002dgn74
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Fire prevention--California--Los Angeles
Children--California--Los Angeles
Matches
Swanson, Bobby
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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