Abandoned baby sleeping in desk drawer at Los Angeles Police station, 1971

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Title: Abandoned baby sleeping in desk drawer at Los Angeles Police station, 1971
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Subject: Abandoned children--California--Los Angeles County, Policewomen--California--Los Angeles, Youth
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds., IMPROVISED CRIB--Policewoman Pat Johnson, 28, tends a baby girl, about 9 months old, who was found alone and crying in a downtown hotel room. Baby was placed in file drawer for a nap after she was fed milk, Jell-O and cottage cheese. She later was taken to a foster home. The hotel manager called police after receiving complaints that the baby had been crying for hours.
Publisher
Contributor: Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Dept. (subject), Montney, Cal (photographer)
Date
Type: news photographs, StillImage
Format: 1 photograph
Identifier: edu.ucla.library.specialCollections.latimes:3528, uclalat_1429_b679_268224
Source
Language: zxx
Relation: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive. Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Coverage: Los Angeles (Calif.)
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