Location: Los Angeles (Calif.) / Names: Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Dept. - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: An embarrassed (Rance) Eugene Wiggins is held between fire fighter Owen J. Stroud and police officer G.L. (Gideon Lewis) Rice, immediately after being rescued. Wiggins had become stranded on a natural ledge within Chavez Ravine after he decided to go exploring in the formation. Wiggins was rescued by an emergency team that included Stroud and Rice. An unknown man stands in the background.
Date:: October 25, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Consuela Blevins, wife of Timothy P. Blevins, seated next to a Los Angeles policeman. They are both seated at a desk, staring at the camera. Ms. Cornelia Blevins is wearing a fur coat and hat and the policeman is wearing a white shirt and has an open vest. Related to the article, "Wife Refutes Suspects Tale: Asserted Bank Bandit Seen Recently, She Asserts Details of Last Call Paid Husband recounted Blevin's Story about Baby Just Called Fiction," Los Angeles Times, 03 Jan. 1932: 2.
Date:: December 31, 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: This photograph appears with the article "Pitched Battle Rages Around Barricaded Home of Killer of Two Officers," Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 1938: pg. 12.
Date:: February 17, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: View is taken from bottom of Chavez Ravine, looking up at natural ledge where 13-year-old (Rance) Eugene Wiggins was trapped. A team of rescue workers--firefighters and police--are supporting an extra long ladder aimed toward the ledge where Wiggins is obscured from view. A rescue worker stands on the highest rungs of the ladder, looking for Wiggins. The rescue team included people such as Officer G.L. (Giden Lewis) Rice and fire fighter Owen J. Stroud. The image is taken at night.
Date:: October 25, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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