Peggy Mumper and Stephen Kirchner perform at the Orthopedic Hospital, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Peggy Mumper and Stephen Kirchner perform at the Orthopedic Hospital, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

October 31, 1935

Date

1935-10-31

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

13-year-old Richard Whitehead was shot in the abdomen by an unidentified person celebrating the holiday with gunshots.
This photograph appears with the headline, "Crippled Children at Hospital Join in Halloween Gayety," Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov 1935: A2.
A roomful of children in wheelchairs faces the dancers. Some are lying down in their chairs and others are in the upright position. Some have noise makers and masks. The curtains are covered with decorations featuring black cats, jack-o-lanterns, and owls.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2769 - Halloween Party Orthopedic Hospital 10-31-35 [stamped:] Nov 11 1935
Text from newspaper caption: Small patients of the Orthopedic Hospital had their fling, too, yesterday in observance of Halloween. Alhtought tick-tacks and things like that were out of the question, they did make enthusiastic use of masks, noise-makers and other paraphernalia in their eager participation. Stephen Kirchner and Peggy Mumper are shown in a dance before the youngsters.
Handwritten on negative: Halloween Party at Orthopedic Hospital 10- 31- 35

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Mumper, Peggy, b. 1923
Halloween
Kirchner, Stephen, b. circa 1926

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Dancers--American--California--Los Angeles
Sick children
blankets
Wheelchairs
Decorations--California--Los Angeles