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Title
Actor held in wife shooting
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1960
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph article dated June 10, 1960 partially reads, "Cowboy actor Joe Edward Phillips was jailed today after his wife of nine months was shot twice during a quarrel in their Sun Valley home. Phillips, 47, was booked last night at the North Hollywood police station on suspicion of assault with intent to commit murder. His wife, Myrna, 32, was given emergency surgery at Sun Valley Receiving Hospital and transferred to General Hospital where she was reported in serious condition today."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00108762
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d007_f22_i7
CARL0005226623
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/44044
Subject
Attempted murder--California--Los Angeles
Shooting--California--Los Angeles
Women--California--Los Angeles
Arrest--California--Los Angeles
Actors--California--Los Angeles
North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs
Portrait photographs
Group portraits

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