Melon for dying Major, 1951

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1 image. Melon for dying Major, 28 December 1951. Major Francis J. Furey dying of leukemia in Walter Reed Hospital made a request for honey dew melon, Western Air Procurement District in Los Angeles will send one to him; Captain Marvin R. Davis (delivered melon to Los Angeles International Airport where it was shipped to him); Opal Wingate (Trans World Airlines Hostess).; Supplementary material reads: "TWA Public Relations, Los Angeles, MI. 8141. (Emmet Jordan -- Joe Cordova). For immediate release: 1951-12-23. U.S. Air Force. Major Francis J. Furey, dying of leukemia in Walter Reed Memorial Hospital, Washington, D.C., yesterday made a request for honey dew melon from California, and thanks to the efforts of the Western Air Procurement district in Los Angeles he will be tasting his favorite dish sometime today. Last night Captain Marvin R. Davis delivered the out-of-season melon to Los Angeles International Airport where it was put aboard a TWA Constellation flight bound for the nation's capital. Major Furey, who had been stationed at Andrews Field in Washington, D.C. prior to his confinement at Walter Reed Hospital, told doctors of his yen for honey dew melon yesterday. No time was wasted by air force officials to see that the dying major would have his request filled. Both Major Furey's wife and his two-year-old son have stayed in Washington with him during the three months that he has been hospitalized with the dreaded illness. Their home is in Hartford, CT. Caption: Melon for Dying Major. Air force Captain Marvin R. Davis hands over honey dew melon to TWA Hostess Opal Wingate for delivery to Major Francis J. Furey at Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D.C. Major Furey, dying of leukemia, requested his favorite dish honey dew melon, before he died".

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Title Melon for dying Major, 1951

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Los Angeles International Airport (manmade features), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1951-12-28

Type images

Format 1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

Source Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961 (subcollection), Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961 (collection), University of Southern California (contributing entity)

Date Created 1951-12-28

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email cisadmin@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights For uses other than private, please contact the USC Digital Library at cisadmin@lib.usc.edu

Access Conditions Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/examiner-m7840

Identifier EXM-N-9437-010~1 (filename), examiner-m1663 (legacy collection record id), examiner-c44-89671 (legacy record id), examiner-m7840 (legacy record id), 9437-010 (sleeve number)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 89671

Unique identifier UC11725334

Legacy Identifier EXM-N-9437-010~1.tif

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 22.5 in × 29.5 in at 300dpi
57.2 cm × 75.0 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961

Description The Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection consists of approximately 1.4 million prints and negatives from the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper. It was a daily newspaper, published in the afternoon on weekdays (Herald-Express) and in the morning on weekends (Examiner). The afternoon and morning papers merged in 1962 (Herald Examiner).

? 1903-1989: Los Angeles Examiner (founded 1903)
? 1931-1962: Los Angeles Herald-Express (formed from the 1931 merger of Los Angeles Evening Express and Evening Herald)
? 1962-1989: Los Angeles Herald Examiner (formed from the 1962 merger of the Los Angeles Herald-Express and the Los Angeles Examiner)

Almost every event and individual receiving news coverage in Los Angeles during the period late 1920's to 1961 is represented in the collection. Coverage is broad including crime, sports, society, art, and entertainment. The collection forms part of the Hearst Collection and was a gift from the Los Angeles Herald Examiner Division of the Hearst Corporation in 1978.

The Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection (1950-1961) consists of approximately 215,000 4x5-inch negatives from the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper.

The Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection consists of approximately 1.2 million photoprints from the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper.

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