1947 AP wire photo shows nine-year-old Tommy Scott smiling in a hospital bed as his mother, Mrs. Lester Scott, sits beside him in Detroit. The October 3 caption reports that Tommy had incurable cancer and that his doctor doubted he would live to see Christmas. His family planned to celebrate early, sometime that month, though his mother had not chosen a date. They smile together. The photo and separate AP caption are mounted on the same piece of black archival paper, measuring 8¼ x 7¾ inches overall. From the archive of a Pittsburgh area newspaper. Yellowed tape remains at the corners and caption ends. White scratches and spots of image loss appear in the dark area above his mother's shoulder, with another small mark at right. The caption has a torn or abraded area near its right edge.
