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Title
Mrs. Lowell Harmer and Mrs. John Becker at the cave-in site, Elysian Park, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued
December 22, 1935
1935-12-22
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
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.
Story related to photograph appears with the article, "Cave-In Mystery Park Tunnel Traps Two Men," Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec 1935: 1.
Mrs. Becker holds a cigarette in her hand and leans against Mrs. Harmer, wrapped in a blanket. Two men in the background lean against the cave wall, their faces cut off.
Two men, Mr. Charles William Cheatham and Mr. Lowell Harmer, were trapped by a cave in while exploring an abandoned tunnel, eventually rescued by the fire department.
Text from negative sleeve: 4254 - Lowell Harmer Mrs. Harmer Charles William Cheatham Mrs John Becker Cave in-under Figueroa St Bridge 12/23/35 [stamped:] Dec 31 1935
Handwritten on negative: Mrs. Lowell Harmer cave in - Figueroa St. Bridge Mrs John Becker
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13298
ark:/21198/zz002hng76
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Elysian Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Rescues--California--Los Angeles
Harmer, Lowell, (Mrs.)
Becker, John, (Mrs.)
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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