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
1 image. Family saved from fire (San Dimas), 17 November 1959. Mrs. Brenda Lee Walker -- 19 years Kathy Walker -- 4 1/2 years Billy Walker -- 18 months (burned out of home). Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Swaim. Date: 1959-11-17. Reporter: Swaim. Assignment: Family rescued San Dimas. 38, 23, 24: Mrs. Brenda Lee Walker, 19, and children, Kathy, 4 1/2 and Billy, 18 months (asleep), in back seat of car, which is temporary bedroom of family. They were burned out of home. Mrs. Walker saved children from flames. 37: Mrs. Brenda Lee Walker, showing part of burned clothing her daughter Kathy, 5, stands beside tricycle badly damaged by fire, crying. (She was actually crying at time of pic)".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : negative, b&w 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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