Captain B. P. Hastings and runaway 11-year-old James Kerr Jr., Compton, 1936

Item Overview

Title

Captain B. P. Hastings and runaway 11-year-old James Kerr Jr., Compton, 1936

Date Created

April 15, 1936

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Cropped photograph appears with the article, "Roving Boy Surrenders," Los Angeles Times,
James raises his finger to gesture as he and Captain Hastings smile.
James complained that after his sister Alta was captured during their runaway from their home at 1707 North Spring Street, Compton, his drifting was not as fun, and the boy let himself get captured by authorities.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 4842 - James Kerr Jr. - Capt B. P. Hastings Sheriffs' Office Missing Boy - brother of Alta Kerr [stamped:] Apr 15 1936
Handwritten on negative: James Kerr Jr. Capt B. P. Hastings
Text from newspaper caption: James Kerr, 11 years of age, decided it was too lonesome to run away alone. He's pictured telling of escapades while he and sister, Alta, 8, eluded eight-day search.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Subjects

Brothers--American--California--Compton
Runaway children--California--Compton
Siblings--American--California--Compton

Names

Hastings, Bart P., b. 1891 or 92
Kerr, James Leonard Jr., 1924-2011

Location

Compton (Calif.)

Resource type

still image