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Title
Southside
Park
Date
1929
Description
The
banks
of
Southside
Park's
lake
are
captured
in this
1929
photograph
.
It
took
nearly
two
decades
for
fencing
to
find
its
way
to the
lakeside
.
Prior
to this, a
handful
of
children
fell
victim
to
drowning
. The
first
to
do
so
was
Bobbie
Whittaker
, a
ten-year-old
who
,
because
of his
daredevil
spirit
, was the
envy
of
neighborhood
children
.
Unseasonably
hot
in
late
May
1909
,
Whittaker
and
two
other
boys
decided
to
take
a
swim
in the
lake
.
Whittaker
challenged
his
friends
to
run
with him and
jump
headlong
into the
30-foot-deep
section
of
water
.
After
the
three
did
so
,
Whittaker
never
came
up
. The
two
playmates
tried
to
save
their
friend
, but to
no
avail
. His
body
was
recovered
later
that
evening
by
Southern
Pacific
boilermaker
Ted
Burns
.
Format
8 x 10 in.; b&w
Holding Institution
Sacramento Room, Sacramento Public Library
Rights
This image may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.). Copyright restrictions applying to the reproduction and use of this image are available from the Sacramento Public Library.
Street/Neighborhood
Seventh
Street
and
V
Street
;
Downtown
City/County
Sacramento
Subjects
Parks
Lakes
Collection
Sacramento Room Photograph Collection
Identifying Number
814a
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