Six children in court indicate where Skippy, a Boston bull terrier, bit them while they were attending a Valentine party last year, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Six children in court indicate where Skippy, a Boston bull terrier, bit them while they were attending a Valentine party last year, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

August 28, 1935

Date

1935-08-28

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

This photograph appears with the article, "Companions in Suffering, They Attest: Six Accuse Dog in Suit," Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 1935: 15.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1796- Ruth Morrell, Lucille Papagna, Peggy Forster, Frank Potter, Ruth Purvis, Chas. Stivers. All bitten by same dog. 8-28-35. [Stamped:] Aug 30 1935
Text from newspaper caption: Six children in court indicate where Skippy, a Boston bull terrier, bit them while they were attending a Valentine party last year. Left to right are Ruth Morrell, Lucille Papagna, Peggy Forester, Frank Potter, Ruth Purvis and Charles Stivers.
Handwritten on negative: L2R Ruth Morrell, Lucille Papagna, Peggy Forster, Frank Potter, Ruth Purvis, Chas Stivers. 8-28-35

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Morrell, Ruth, b. 1924 or 25
Forester, Peggy, b. 1923 or 24
Stivers, Charles, b. 1924 or 25
Papagna, Lucille, b. 1923 or 24
Potter, Frank, b. 1923 or 24
Purvis, Ruth, b. 1921

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Children--California--Los Angeles
Bites & stings
Law & legal affairs--California--Los Angeles