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 From left to right, Barbara Jane Goodall from Scranton, Pa., Lois Scholes, train attendent, and Dick Courtway, a Postal Telegraph messenger, stand just outside a train car. Dick Courtway stands on the station's platform, facing left, and looks up towards Lois Scholes. He appears to have just handed her a telegram. At center, Lois Scholes stands on the bottom step of the train car. She looks down to read the telegram she holds and rests a hand to Barbara Jane Goodall's back. Barbara Jane Goodall stands on a step stool on the station's platform. She faces right and smiles towards Dick Courtway. The train car stretches across the background and is viewed close-up. Text from newspaper caption: "Have messenger Dick Courtway pick up Barbara Jean Goodall, 7, from Scranton, Pa., from stewardess Lois Scholes on 8:30 train." [Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 1938: F8]
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_14841 ark:/21198/zz002j8h96
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Children--California--Los Angeles Railroad employees Messengers--California--Los Angeles Arrivals & departures--American--California--Los Angeles Railroad travel--California--Los Angeles Railroad stations--California--Los Angeles Goodall, Barbara Jean, b. 1931 or 32 Courtway, Dick Scholes, Lois Postal Telegraph-Cable Company
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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