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Elevator Entrapment

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Material Type
Photograph
Date Range
89 November 1968
Description Level
Item
Accession No.
199110765859
Physical Description
22.6 cm x 17.5 cm. Black and white photograph
Scope and Content
Photograph Fred Shaw, 13, and Philip Leinweber, 14 who spent three hours in the Parade elevator when it was stuck at the second floor of the elevator shaft. After all other rescue methods failed, Stewart Allison, a city employee, was finally able to contact an elevator repair man in Calgary who e…
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Material Type
Photograph
Date Range
89 November 1968
Description Level
Item
Creator
The Lethbridge Herald
Physical Description
22.6 cm x 17.5 cm. Black and white photograph
Physical Condition
Good
Scope and Content
Photograph Fred Shaw, 13, and Philip Leinweber, 14 who spent three hours in the Parade elevator when it was stuck at the second floor of the elevator shaft. After all other rescue methods failed, Stewart Allison, a city employee, was finally able to contact an elevator repair man in Calgary who explained to him the method of getting the boys out. The fire department and city police were at the scene and kept the youngsters calm. Cst. Ed Chymboryk leaves the Parade with the two boys.
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