Police Officers William Patterson and Steven Henzel thank nurses Louis Greiner, William Pearce, and Lila Strange as they leave the hospital to eat Christmas dinner at home, Los Angeles, 1935
US UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. This photograph may be associated with the article, “POLICE PAIR GIVEN CHEER: Injured Officers in Hospital Weeks to Eat Christmas Dinners at Homes,” Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 1935: A12. Police Officers William Patterson and Steven Henzel sit in wheelchairs with blankets on their laps while they shake hands with nurses William Pearce, Lila Strange, and Louis Greiner. They are shown smiling as they depart from the hospital to spend Christmas at home. Handwritten on negative: Seated: Wml L. Patterson, Stephen Henzel. Louis Greiner, Wm Pearce, Lita Strange. Text from negative sleeve: 4246—Wm. L. Patterson, Police Officer; Steven Henzel, “ “; Louis Greiner, Nurse; Wm. Pearce, “; Lita Strange “; Home for Xmas 12/24/35, [Stamped:] DEC 31 1935.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13291 ark:/21198/zz002hng0k
Subject
Hospitals--California--Los Angeles Christmas Police--California--Los Angeles Wheelchairs Nurses--American--California--Los Angeles Henzel, Stephen, 1897-1938 Pearce, William James, 1871-1947 Strange, Lila, Nurse Patterson, William L., 1896-1975 Greiner, Louis, 1895-1967
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