Barbara Rowland, Queen of the Salinas Rodeo, and Gilbert McCann, victim of electrical accident, Southern California, 1935 (copy photo)

Title: Barbara Rowland, Queen of the Salinas Rodeo, and Gilbert McCann, victim of electrical accident, Southern California, 1935 (copy photo)
Date Created: [circa July 9, 1935]
Date: 1935-07-09
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description: Copy photo.
Partial newspaper article photographed on left side of negative, pertaining to the Queen of the Salinas Rodeo.
Two photographs, side by side. The left is Barbara Rowland, daughter of the mayor of Santa Ana, Fred C. Rowland. The right is Gilbert McCann, CalTech student who had an electrical accident.
The left photograph appears with "Santa Anan Rodeo Queen," Los Angeles Times, 19 Jul 1935: 1.
This negative combines negatives #7760 and #7761.
The right photograph appears with the article: "'Lightning' Hits Youth: Glendale Student Recovering From 200,000-Volt Charge at Caltech," Los Angeles Times, 10 Jul 1935: 13.
Caption: Handwritten text on paper slips: Barbara Rowland; Gilbert McCann.
Text on negative sleeve: 1299. Barbara Rowland--Queen of the Salinas Rodeo (from Santa Ana). Gilbert McCann--electric shock from Cal Tech generator. [stamped:] Jul 31 1935

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
Portrait photographs
news photographs
Names: McCann, Gilbert (Gilbert Donald), 1912-2003
Rowland, Barbara (Barbara R.), 1917-
Location: California, Southern
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Electrical injuries--California--Pasadena
Beauty contests--California--Orange County
Beauty contestants--California--Orange County

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_7759
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002dfhdb
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Rights statement: copyrighted
Rights Holder: UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. E-mail: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310)825-4988
Rights Country: US
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
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