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. Musical plumber, March 8 1954. Charles Red Smith (playing "drainpipe saxophone") Helene Thomsen (holds blowtorch bulge). Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Brunk. Date: 1954-03-08. Reporter: Simmons. Assignment: Musical plumber. 31/32: Charles 'Red' Smith playing drainpipe-saxophone City employee Helene Thomsen holds blowtorch-bulge other instruments shown: toilet seat-lyre, plunger-clarinet jug-kazoo".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : negatives, b&w 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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