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
2 images. Mattress spring suit, 9 November 1955. Mrs. Virginia Maecherlein (spring on mattress popped up and hit her -- sueing [sic]mattress company) Fred Maecherlein (husband). Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Brunk. Date: 1955-11-09. Reporter: Pony. Assignment: Mattress spring suit. 37/38, L to R: Mrs. Virginia Maecherlein & her husband, Fred. Mrs. Virginia Maecherlein & husband Fred. She was the mistress on a mattress who had a spring pop up and smack her on the can -- results, a fibrous growth."
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : negatives, b&w 13 x 10 cm. image/tiff negatives (photographic) photographs
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