Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. 13-year-old Richard Whitehead was shot in the abdomen by an unidentified person celebrating the holiday with gunshots. This photograph appears with the headline, "Crippled Children at Hospital Join in Halloween Gayety," Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov 1935: A2. A roomful of children in wheelchairs faces the dancers. Some are lying down in their chairs and others are in the upright position. Some have noise makers and masks. The curtains are covered with decorations featuring black cats, jack-o-lanterns, and owls. Text from negative sleeve: 2769 - Halloween Party Orthopedic Hospital 10-31-35 [stamped:] Nov 11 1935 Text from newspaper caption: Small patients of the Orthopedic Hospital had their fling, too, yesterday in observance of Halloween. Alhtought tick-tacks and things like that were out of the question, they did make enthusiastic use of masks, noise-makers and other paraphernalia in their eager participation. Stephen Kirchner and Peggy Mumper are shown in a dance before the youngsters. Handwritten on negative: Halloween Party at Orthopedic Hospital 10- 31- 35
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_9281 ark:/21198/zz002dh9wk
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Dancers--American--California--Los Angeles Sick children Blankets Wheelchairs Decorations--California--Los Angeles Mumper, Peggy, b. 1923 Halloween Kirchner, Stephen, b. circa 1926
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