Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. A diapered baby, Theodore "Teddy" Chavannes, takes his first steps on the grass beside a sidewalk lined with palm trees. This scene was included in a Los Angeles Times feature called, "Miracle Eye" camera moments, which captured interesting and marvelous instances in photographs. Text from the negative sleeve: 2655-- Teddy Chavannes, Times "Miracle Eye" camera captures 15-mo-old first steps, [stamped:] OCT 29 1935 Text from newspaper caption on photo spread: The Times "Miracle Eye" camera looks on as Teddy, 15-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Chavannes, "takes off" on his first attempt to walk; then he "levels off" and suddenly the "happy landing." [Los Angeles Times, "Italian and Ethiopian Artillery Compared--'Magic Eye' Catches First Steps," October 16, 1935]
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_9171 ark:/21198/zz002dh637
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Babies--California--Los Angeles Chavannes, Teddy, b. 1934
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