Dr. Sven Lokrantz and a group of doctors examine a child, Los Angeles, 1927

Title: Dr. Sven Lokrantz and a group of doctors examine a child, Los Angeles, 1927
Date Created: February 1927
Date: 1927-02
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Dr. Lokrantz and the Department of Health and Corrective Physical Education treats the children of Los Angeles that have heart defects, which have been observed among 10 percent of children examined.
Photograph appears with the article, "Science Guards Young Hearts," Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb 1927: A2.
Six doctors gather around a young girl, listening to her heartbeat through her bare chest with their stethoscopes.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: LOKRANTZ, SVEN DR. Ling Foundation + LA Board of Education, Dir. of Health + Corrective Ed.
Text from newspaper caption: Listening to Beats

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Lokrantz, Sven (Dr.), 1892-1940
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Medical equipment & supplies
Physicians--American--California--Los Angeles
Children--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_5730
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002cvt6j
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Rights Country: US
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