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Title
Motorman wins medal of bravery
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1928
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
George J. Bauer, Pacific Electric motorman, who won a Carnegie medal for bravery and $1,000 from the Carnegie hero fund for saving a little boy's life two years ago, plans to adopt the boy as his own. Bauer is pictured with his medal and check. Photo dated: March 7, 1928.
Type
Image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00067049
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 2203.
CARL0000071317
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/24160
Subject
Bauer, George J
Pacific Electric Railway Company
Pacific Electric Railway Company--Employees
Street-railroads--Employees
Heroes--California--Los Angeles
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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