Los Angeles Fire Department life net demonstration

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Homestead Museum

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Los Angeles Fire Department life net demonstration

Entry/Object ID

2010.69.1.1

Description

Los Angeles Fire Department life net demonstration, 17 December 1928. The view shows firefighter Roy St. George leaping eighty-five feet to the round net on a frame held by about fifteen men with the photographer shooting from where St. George jumped. Pasted down on the reverse is a typed description of the event, as well as stamp of publisher International Newsreel. With a small portion of the upper right corner missing, as well as small creases and some soiling, the overall condition is good.

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