Children Looking at an Icebox

(Original Caption) Death Trap for Two Playmates. East St. Louis, Illinois: Three boys look at the icebox in which two young playmates suffocated at East St. Louis, Illinois, while playing in a shed. the bodies of Robert Lee Ballance and Nancy Anne Cygan, both three, were found May 17. Looking at the icebox after the door was removed are (left to right) Steve Badger, Gregory Bucklew, and his brother Stanley. The owner of the death trap icebox, Julian Gilliam, was charged in two warrants with violating a city ordinance that require removal of doors from iceboxes not in use.
(Original Caption) Death Trap for Two Playmates. East St. Louis, Illinois: Three boys look at the icebox in which two young playmates suffocated at East St. Louis, Illinois, while playing in a shed. the bodies of Robert Lee Ballance and Nancy Anne Cygan, both three, were found May 17. Looking at the icebox after the door was removed are (left to right) Steve Badger, Gregory Bucklew, and his brother Stanley. The owner of the death trap icebox, Julian Gilliam, was charged in two warrants with violating a city ordinance that require removal of doors from iceboxes not in use.
Children Looking at an Icebox
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Bettmann / Contributor
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23 May, 1955
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