Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 USC Libraries Special Collections University of Southern California specol@usc.edu
Description
22 images. Santa Fe train wreck at scene of wreck, 23 January 1956. Blood donations given at scene of wreck Holsey Williams (machinist) general views of train and remains after wreck Mrs. Peggy Roloff (being prepared for blood transfusion) Ruby Mann (nurse) Sue Mauro (nurse) Patty Jordan (getting blood transfusion) Dick Priddy (custodian carring [sic] blood donated) John McGrath (giving blood). (Sleeve reads: A-11701-019). Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Mack. Date: 1956-01-23. Reporter: Adler. Assignment: Train wreck -- blood sidebar. 9/10: lineup of men from Battery B, 77th AAA Bn, Fort MacArthur, to give blood at Red Cross HQ -- first in line is Patty Jordan, 18. 3/4: general views of blood donation being given at Red Cross HQ with Mrs. Eva Puckett closest to camera. 1/2: l to r Custodian Dick Friddy carries pints of donated blood to cooler while John McGrath gets fixed up by Nurse Ruby Mann after giving blood. 25/26: two Santa Fe cars in wreck parked in roundhouse, with lead car on left. 33/34: seats taken out of wrecked cars piled up alongside of lead car in roundhouse. 27/28: Machinist Holsey Williams looks at torn rear end of first car in wreck, in roundhouse -- roped off with 'Keep Out' sign. 80/81/51: Mrs. Peggy Roloff being prepared by Nurse Ruby Mann for giving blood at Red Cross. *note [...] making sweater in foreground on table. 50: Nurse Sue Mauro in foreground holding up test tube with blood while others are donating in background. General overall picture of wreck scene -- train was coming into the picture on far left tracks, turned on its side to the right in far leftbackground [sic] is Olympic boulevard -- on far right is the Los Angeles River. Closeup view of wreck scene. Closeup view of wreck scene with Santa Fe Diesel moving along on same tracks in same direction as wrecked train. Inside shot of car No. 1 showing disrupted seats".
Type
image
Format
22 photographs : negatives, b&w 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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