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Title
Canoga Park home scene of 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
1956
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 caption dated May 14, 1956 reads "Three persons were shot to death and a fourth critically wounded at this Canoga Park home at 19859 Saticoy St. Victims of berserk Regis Johnston, 35, were his wife, Jean, 30, and Bessie Mungall, 35, both killed, and Bessie's husband, John, 40, shot in stomach and leg. Johnston ended shooting spree by taking his own life."; See images #00144798 through #00144799 for all photos in this series.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00144799
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d053_f36_i21
CARL0005836086
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/72732
Subject
Men--California--Los Angeles
Police--California--Los Angeles
Crime scenes--California--Los Angeles
Murder--California--Los Angeles
Dwellings--California--Canoga Park (Los Angeles)
Trees--California--Los Angeles
Canoga Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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