This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian. Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends.
Photograph article dated July 27, 1963 partially reads, "James Perry had one of the happiest moments of his life today. He learned from doctors the man to whom he gave mouth-to-mouth respiration Thursday doesn't have the dreaded disease meningitis as was believed. Perry, 23, a Reseda fireman attached to Engine Company 60, North Hollywood rescue unit, for 17 hours had lived with the fear he had contracted the disease and then had given it unknowingly to his mother, his wife and his three small children." Fireman Perry, left, gets an x-ray in meningitis search. It was a false alarm - the man he helped had a heart attack.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Physician and patient--California--Los Angeles Patients--California--Los Angeles Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles Meningitis--Diagnosis--California--Los Angeles Meningitis--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
If you're wondering about permissions and what you can do with this item, a good starting point is the "rights information" on this page. See our terms of use for more tips.
Share your story
Has Calisphere helped you advance your research, complete a project, or find something meaningful? We'd love to hear about it; please send us a message.
