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Description
4 images. Long Beach store bombing, 2 May 1957. Dr. Maurice C. Weiss - 61 years (injured) Mrs. Shirley Weiss - 47 years (injured) Officer James Thiele Officer Harry Finch Officer Ralph Simonds. Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Emery. Date: 1957-05-02. Reporter: Emery-Phister-RW. Assignment: Long Beach store bombing. 06: Dr. Maurice C. Weiss, 61, chiropractor, in his store at 246 E. Bdwy, LB. His wife Shirley, 47, in bed at Seaside Hosp. telling story to (L to R) LBPD homicide dets. James Thiele and Harry Finch. LBPD police technician Ralph Simonds with microscope examining detonating device, batteries, rubber band, wire & scraps of paper from bomb. Close-up of handwriting on package which exploded: Dr. Weiss' name written in ink."
Type
image
Format
4 photographs : negatives, b&w 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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