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Description
19 images. Mock rescue in Angeles National Forest, 27 April 1952. Andrew Michalenko Jeanne Geoffrion Eddie Rankin Larry Shepherd Loy Winters George Weirich, 12 Gerome Weirich John Heimann Hal Lewis, Deputy. Caption slip reads: "San Gabriel Pictorial. Photographer: Richardson. Date: 1952-04-27. Reporter: Swaim. Assignment: Mock rescue. K17: L to R: Andrew Michalenko and Larry Shepherd. Rankin and Shepherd giving safety tips to other 2 before they start on hike. K18: Checking map of Angeles National Forest prior to rescue mission Eddie Rankin, rescue crew leader, 2nd from left Deputy Hal Lewis, Sheriff's liaison, 4th from left others are members of volunteer rescue group. K23, 24: Mob shot, checking equipment before rescue mission represented are: Altadena Mountaineers Sierra Madre Search & Rescue Group Sheriff's office (regular and reserve) and U.S. Forest Service. K7: John A. Heimann, rescue volunteer, back splicing rope for rescue mission. K16: Rescuers, with basket stretcher coming up trail". Caption slip continues: "K15, 20: George Weirich, 12, sprawled among rocks, simulating injury after fall from pipe, illustrating danger of leaving trail for stunts. K13, 14: George Weirich on huge rock, rescuers bringing down stretcher. K5, 6, 12: Rescuers taking George Weirich in stretcher up steep slope. (Shots from top). K21, 22: (From bottom): Rescuers taking stretcher up, showing group at top pulling ropes. K9: Larry Shepherd, leader of Sierra Madre Search & Rescue group, shown with reflection mirror used for signals to Sheriff's Aero detail plane during search operations. K10: Grab shot showing Sheriff's jeep on trail during mock rescue. K1, 2: George Weirich, 12, in stretcher on Sheriff's jeep, getting first aid from John Heimann (left) and Jerome Weirich, who is boy's father and member of rescue group. Driver is Deputy Hal Lewis".
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image
Format
19 photographs : photoprints negatives, b&w 13 x 10 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
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