Western Union messenger John Gross tends to baby Barbara Louise Lawrence, Los Angeles vicinity, 1938

Title: Western Union messenger John Gross tends to baby Barbara Louise Lawrence, Los Angeles vicinity, 1938
Photographer: Jakobsen, Robert Anders, 1915-1970
Date Created: [circa December, 1938]
Date: 1938-12
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description: This photograph appears in the photo spread, “’Call a Messenger!,’” Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 1938: F8
Close-up of John Gross, a Western Union messenger, cradling an infant Barbara Louise Lawrence. John Gross sits at right, facing camera. He cradles Barbara Louise Lawrence, who lies in his arms at center. He looks down and smiles towards her.
Caption: Text from newspaper caption: "Have messenger John Gross, No. 429, at house before midnight-- must tend baby Barbara Louise Lawrence." [Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 1938: F8]

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Western Union Telegraph Company
Gross, John
Lawrence, Barbara Louise, b. 1938
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Messengers--California--Los Angeles
Infants--California--Los Angeles
Babysitting

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_14837
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002j8h54
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Rights Country: US
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