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Title: Father sought for death threats
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: 1959
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.
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Description: Title supplied by cataloger.
Pictured is Sue Simrell, 16-year-old daughter of Elmer Simrell, 47-year-old tailor who was suspected of sending threatening letters to six Superior Court judges and other court officials. Search was intensified after Ms. Simrell told authorities her father was heavily armed and dangerous. Photograph dated May 20, 1959.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.
Identifier: 00156150
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_ d001_ f37_ i34
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/129447
Subject: Fathers and daughters
Threats of violence
Criminal investigation
Suspicion
Young women
Teenagers
Dwellings
Sun Valley (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Time Period: 1951-1960

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