Pvt. Leroy Hood giving bowling instructions to Lt. Ruth Case at a recently built bowling alley in Birmingham Hospital, Van Nuys, 1945

Item Overview

Title

Pvt. Leroy Hood giving bowling instructions to Lt. Ruth Case at a recently built bowling alley in Birmingham Hospital, Van Nuys, 1945

Date Created

January 27, 1945

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

This photograph appears with the article "Hospital Pin Lanes Dedicated." Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 1945: Pg. 6.
Pvt. Leroy Hood giving Lt. Ruth Case bowling pointers at a newly built bowling alley at Birmingham General Hospital: an army hospital located in Van Nuys. Standing in the background of the photo are Lt. Betty Baker, Pvt. Manuel Costillo, and Sgt. B. E. Shearer.

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: Builder-upper: Here Pvt. Leroy Hood gives Lt. Ruth Case pointers at Birmingham Hospital's new bowling lanes which will be dedicated tonight. Funds for the alleys were raised by Southland bowlers and alley proprietors.
Text from negative sleeve: Birmingham Army Hospital. 2Lt. Betty Baker. 2Lt. Ruth Case. Sgt. B. E. Shearer. Pvt. Manuel Costillo. Pvt. Leroy Hood.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Keywords

Genre

black-and-white photographs
news photographs

Subjects

Military hospitals--California--San Fernando
Military officers--American--California--Los Angeles
Bowling--California--Los Angeles
Dedications--California--San Fernando
Bowling alleys--California--Los Angeles
Fund raising--California--Los Angeles

Names

Shearer, B.E.
Birmingham General Hospital (Los Angeles, Calif.)
United States. Army--Military life
Hood, Leroy
Baker, Betty
Case, Ruth
Costillo, Manuel

Location

San Fernando Valley (Calif.)

Longitude

34.187959

Latitude

-118.502433

Resource type

still image