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. Photograph appears with the headline, "Invalid Wins Radio License," Los Angeles Times, 07 Apr 1936: 16. Jack Serwe adjusts the microphone from an upright position in his bed while his dog rests in his lap. Handwritten on negative: Jack Serwe & dog Mickey Text from negative sleeve: 4664 - Jack Serree and Dog, Mickey of Sunland. Invalid gets amateur radio operators license. 4/6/36 [stamped:] Apr 9-1936 Text from newspaper caption: Jack Serwe, 29 years of age, of 10332 Floralita, completely paralyzed except for his right arm and hand as a result of infantile paralysis, now travels farther and faster than when he could walk. He has just received his license to become amateur radio operator W6 NLS. The last three initials, he explained, stand for Nothing Like Sunland. Most of his equipment he built before his illness.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13871 ark:/21198/zz002j7bvm
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Radio broadcasting--California--Los Angeles People with disabilities--California--Los Angeles Dogs--California--Los Angeles Beds Serwe, Jack, b. 1907
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