Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. George R. Traub, covered in bandages from waist to neck, sits on a hospital bed while being attended by Nurse Grace Burge at the Georgia Street Receiving Hospital. The Georgia Street Receiving Hospital, one of several throughout the city during this period, operated from 1927 to 1957 on the 3rd floor of the Georgia Street Police Station at 1337 Georgia. This block of Georgia St., near Pico Blvd. no longer exists and is no the site of the Staples Center. Related to article, "Kitchen Utensil Blows Up: Stew Explosion in Cafe Sends Cook to Hospital." Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 1935 Handwritten on nitrate negative: Nurse Grace Burge & G.R. Traub, 10-22-35 Text from newspaper caption: G.R. Traub, cafe owner, is shown above being treated at Georgia-street Receiving Hospital by Nurse Grace Burge for burns received when a pressure cooker full of mulligan stew blew up. Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 2590-- @ Georgia-street Receiving Hospital, Nurse Grace Burge, G.R. Traub, Cook + cafe owner, Stew Blows up + Burns him, 10-22-35
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_9064 ark:/21198/zz002dh2dz
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Nurses--American--California--Los Angeles Hospitals--California--Los Angeles Burns & scalds Burge, Grace Traub, George R., 1886-1960 Georgia Street Receiving Hospital (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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