Billy Veditz, in suit and tie, and Carolyn Bartlett, wrapped in war memorial blanket, [Santa Monica], [1931]
Description
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 2557, Bily Veditz, in blanket from World War - Paris - 1928, 27, 6x8, NY, 3, P, C, St. L. [Struck out in pencil: 376R1694], Handwritten at edge of negative: BILLY VEDITZ 2557, Billy Veditz, about age 16, in suit and tie, holding edge of blanket, and Carolyn Barlett, about age 10, wrapped in was memorial blanket, both standing outdoors on lawn with trees, houses, and car in background, A similar photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article "Youth Cherishes War Blanket, Days of Babyhood in Paris Recounted, How Life Was Saved in Bomb Raids," byline Santa Monica, April 21, 1931, about Billy Veditz as a baby being carried in blanket to safety by his mother during German bombings of Paris, Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.