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Title
Black Dahlia's roommate
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1947
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
Elizabeth Short's murder is refered to as the "Black Dahlia" case. In this picture we see Lynn Martin, the ex-roommate of the murdered woman, accompanied by Juvenile Officer Helen Mellon.
Type
Image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00010429
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 11497-Short, Elizabeth.
CARL0000012389
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/8364
Subject
Martin, Lynn
Mellon, Helen
Murder--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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