Dolores Villa Lobos
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Dolores Villa Lobos

International News Photos (New York, N.Y.) · September 3, 1952

CC0 — Public Domain
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

This is Mrs. Dolores villa lobos, mother of four children who were found by juvenile officers, weeping and undernourished, they said, in an "indescribably filthy" apartment. the three boys and a girl ranged in age from 2 to 6. one of the children, tony, 5, was bound by canvas thongs, secured by two padlocks to a chair. the mother explained that she is a cocktail waitress and does not know where her husband is.

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