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. Newsboy who took poison thinking it was bourbon, January 8 1953. No name of boy -- 18 years. (Sleeve reads: A-9697). Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Wesselmann. Date: 1953-01-08. Assignment: Newsboy who took poison thinking it was bourbon. 71: 18-year-old boy sitting at sink in Hollywood Rec. Hosp. with two policemen at left. No name on boy at this time as I had to leave in a hurry for another story".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : negative, b&w 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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