Charles Thompson, police ambulance driver, is given solace by Jack Needham, another driver, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Charles Thompson, police ambulance driver, is given solace by Jack Needham, another driver, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

November 23, 1935

Date

1935-11-23

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

The Georgia Street Receiving Hospital was located on the 3rd floor of the Georgia Street Police Station at 1337 Georgia St. from 1927 to 1957. This block of Georgia St., near Pico Blvd. no longer exists and is no the site of the Staples Center.
This photograph appears with the article, "Ambulance Aids Its Own: Driver, Injured in Scuffle After Dash to Fight, Taken to Hospital," Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 1935: A2.

Caption

Handwritten on negative: Charles Thompson. 11-23-35. Jack Needham. 11-23-35.
Text from negative sleeve: 2942- LtoR Charles Thompson, Jack Needham. 11-23-35. Ambulance Drivers. [Stamped:] Nov 26 1935
Text from newspaper caption: Hospital Duty Lands Him There: Charles Thompson, police ambulance driver, is given solace by Jack Needham, another driver, as the former lies in the Georgia Street Receiving Hospital after being injured.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Thompson, Charles
Georgia Street Receiving Hospital (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Needham, Jack

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Longitude

34.042363

Latitude

-118.269552

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Wounds & injuries--California--Los Angeles