Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 USC Libraries Special Collections University of Southern California specol@usc.edu
Description
3 images. Body of Mrs. Meredith Jean Prestridge found in trunk of car in Inglewood, 9 July 1959. Car with body in trunk Officer R.G. Jones Captain C.A. Baucum Captain William Kennedy Detective Sergeant H.L. Schaefer Coroner removes body Iris Crochet (Mayor Pro-Tem). Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Wesselmann. Date: 1959-07-09. Reporter: Sid Bernstein. Assignment: Inglewood body in trunk. #9: Police exam. auto containing body on Grace street. #59: Left to right: Inspecting woman's body in trunk: Sgt. R.G. Jones Capt. C.A. Baucum Capt. William Kennedy and Detective Sgt. H.L. Schaefer. #12: Capt. Kennedy and Councilwoman Iris Crochet (mayor pro-tem) inspect auto. #58: Trunk open, with partially nude body visible. #7: Coroner removes body".
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : negatives, b&w 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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