Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. View is taken from bottom of Chavez Ravine, looking up at natural ledge where 13-year-old (Rance) Eugene Wiggins was trapped. A team of rescue workers--firefighters and police--are supporting an extra long ladder aimed toward the ledge where Wiggins is obscured from view. A rescue worker stands on the highest rungs of the ladder, looking for Wiggins. The rescue team included people such as Officer G.L. (Giden Lewis) Rice and fire fighter Owen J. Stroud. The image is taken at night. Related to the article, "Explorer Meets Drawbacks: Boy Marooned on Ledge Rescued by City Firemen." Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 1935 Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 2649-- Eugene Wiggins, Capt Owen J Stroud, G.L. Rice, officer, Ray Palomaa, Sam Hewitt, Mrs. Helen Wiggins, Kid caught on Hillside, 10-25-35, [stamped:] OCT 29 1935 Handwritten on negative: Where Eugene Wiggins was caught on Hillside, 10-25-35
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_9159 ark:/21198/zz002dh5pj
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Police--California--Los Angeles Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles Firefighting equipment--California--Los Angeles Stroud, Owen J. 1898-1982 Los Angeles (Calif.). Fire Dept Rice, G.L. (Gideon Lewis), 1901-1977 Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Dept Wiggins, Eugene 1922-2009
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