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
3 images. "Dead" woman rescued, 20 August 1951. Danny Cooke (officer gave artificial respiration) Officer Robert Barham Officer Bill Garn Mrs. Fern Bast -- 48 years (rescued from surf at Santa Monica) Tom Kelly Bruce Greenwood (ambulance attendant). Caption slip reads: :Photographer: Gaze. Date: 1951-08-19. Reporter: Gaze. Assignment: 'Dead' woman rescued. #37: Policeman Danny Cooke, ex-scout master and Red Cross swim instructor, who administered artificial respiration Detective Inspectors Robert Barham and Bill Garn (left to right) surround Mrs. Fern E. Bast, 48, 14812 Hartsook Street, Sherman Oaks, after latter's rescue, unconscious, from surf at Santa Monica. Passerby had reported 'dead woman' floating in ocean. #87: L to R: Ambulance crewmen Bruce Greenwood and Tom Kelly Detective Inspectors Bill Garn and Robert Barham (background), as crew picks up Mrs. Fern E. Bast, 48. #74: Ambulance driver Tom Kelly with Mrs. Fern E. Bast as she is wheeled to ambulance".
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : negatives, b&w 13 x 10 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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