Fireman, Edwin Reed, with rescued baby, Patty Lou Williams, Los Angeles, 1935

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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds., Handwritten on negative: Fireman Edwin Reed, Baby Williams, 1090, This photograph appears with the article, "Inhalator Squad Prove Heroic: Firemen Save Infant's Life in 131-Hour Battle," Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 1935., View of fireman Edwin Reed, in scrubs, with inhalator, looking over baby, Patty Lou Williams, lying in open incubator. Patty Lou was born on February 21, 1935, with a collapsed lung. Firemen from county station number 8 worked in shifts to save Patty Lou's life., Text from newspaper caption: Baby Patty Lou Williams owes her life to members of the county fire department. Fireman Edwin Reed, shown with inhalator, was one of the squad which helped save her life., Text from negative sleeve: Reed, Fireman Edwin, Williams, Patty Lou, 2167, 2/14/36