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. Man burned in hotel gas blast (Aberdeen Hotel, 134 East 1st Street, Long Beach, 26 April 1954. Kenneth R. Porter -- 24 years (victim) Mila Carreras (nurse) Dorothy Stradley (nurse) Doctor Wayne Owens. (Sleeve reads: A-9908). Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Emery. Date: 1954-04-25. Reporter: Emery to Fiske. Assignment: Man burned in hotel gas blast, Aberdeen Hotel, 134 E. 1st St., Long Beach. 20-21: Man burned in hotel gas blast (Aberdeen Hotel, 134 East 1st Street, Long Beach, 1954. Victim being bandaged & given plasma in emergency surgery at Seaside Hospital. Police identified his as Kenneth Porter, 24 134 East First Street, Long Beach. Women nurses in photo are: (left) Mila Carreras and (right) Dorothy Stradley. Center, background, is Dr. Wayne Owens."
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : negatives, b&w 13 x 10 cm. image/tiff negatives (photographic) photographs
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