Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. This photograph appears in the photo spread, “’Call a Messenger!,’” Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 1938: F8 Close-up of John Gross, a Western Union messenger, cradling an infant Barbara Louise Lawrence. John Gross sits at right, facing camera. He cradles Barbara Louise Lawrence, who lies in his arms at center. He looks down and smiles towards her. Text from newspaper caption: "Have messenger John Gross, No. 429, at house before midnight-- must tend baby Barbara Louise Lawrence." [Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 1938: F8]
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_14837 ark:/21198/zz002j8h54
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Babysitting Messengers--California--Los Angeles Infants--California--Los Angeles Western Union Telegraph Company Gross, John Lawrence, Barbara Louise, b. 1938
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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