Image / Runaway girl Helen Stavros after being found, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Runaway girl Helen Stavros after being found, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: Aug 14, 1935
1935-08-14
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 is a picture of Helen Stavros, 12-year-old runaway girl, who said she ran away from home because she had been criticised for her housework. She was missing overnight, following which she was discovered at a downtown departmental store and reunited with her foster mother, Vivian Stavros.
Refer to article, "Missing Girl Appears After Night in Park." Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 1935: A1
Text on negative sleeve: 1628- Aug 22 1935; Helen Stavros. Runaway girl, 8-14-25
Handwritten on negative: [to the right] Helen Stavros
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_9979
ark:/21198/zz002dj4zn
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Runaway children--California--Los Angeles
Stavros, Helen, 1923-1981
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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