Firemen in the process of rescuing Clarence Ward, Robert Jeanette and Robert Ellis, Arroyo Seco, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Firemen in the process of rescuing Clarence Ward, Robert Jeanette and Robert Ellis, Arroyo Seco, 1935

Date Created

August 2, 1935

Date

1935-08-02

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Related to "Cliff Traps Three Boys," Los Angeles Times, 03 Aug 1935: A1.
8-year-old Robert Ellis, 11-year-old Robert Jeanette, and 12-year-old Clarence Ward found themselves stuck on an edge in Arroyo Seco above a 130 foot drop above the valley floor. They shouted for help until citizens heard them and contacted the fire department.
Firemen and policemen in the process of rescuing three boys, Clarence Ward, Bobby Jeanette and Bobby Ellis, who had gotten trapped in Arroyo Seco. One fireman carries a boy while scaling down the brush-filled canyon. A second boy has already been rescued and waits at the base of the canyon with a fireman and a policeman. Another person is still up on the canyon wall at the top of the rope.
Negative 7774 misfiled in envelope for 7775.

Caption

Handwritten on [correct] negative sleeve: 1312. Firemen rescuing boys at Arroyo & Ave 54x. 8-2-35 [stamped:] Aug 8 1935
Handwritten on negative: 8-2-35

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Ellis, Robert, b. 1927 or 28
Ward, Clarence, b. 1923 or 24
Jeanette, Robert, b. 1924 or 25

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Arroyo Seco (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Boys--California--Los Angeles County
Canyons--California--Los Angeles County
Rescues--California--Arroyo Seco
Fire fighters--California--Arroyo Seco
Police--California--Los Angeles County