Kathy Soderman empties her piggy bank to contribute to a fund for the remuneration volunteers who attempted to save Kathy Fiscus, 1949.

Item Overview

Title: Kathy Soderman empties her piggy bank to contribute to a fund for the remuneration volunteers who attempted to save Kathy Fiscus, 1949.
Date Created: April 13, 1949
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description: Kathy Fiscus fell into a 110ft. San Marino well, was trapped there, and died before rescue workers could reach her.
Caption: FOR ANOTHER KATHY - Blonde Kathy Soderman, 3 1/2, empties her piggy bank of $2 in pennies and contributes it to growing fund for the men who tried to save Kathy Fiscus' life. Kathy's grandmother had pledged $25.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 photograph
Dimensions: 10 x 12 cm
Medium: b&w negative

Keywords

Genre: news photographs
Subjects: Children--Death
Philanthropy--California--Los Angeles County
Youth
Disaster
Children--California--Los Angeles County
Location: San Marino (Calif.)
Resource type: still image

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Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local identifier: b63_57117-8
ARK: ark:/21198/zz001400s8
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