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Title
Re-enact pre-dawn shooting
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
Photograph was edited for publication purposes.; Photograph included in the exhibit: “Edited for Publication: Photographic Manipulations in the Los Angeles Herald Examiner”
Photograph caption dated November 7, 1947 reads, "Mrs. Edna Savage shows how she pointed out fleeing man to armed husband Robert, center, who chased alleged prowler for 12 blocks before firing at him. Virgil Wright, portrayed above by a reporter, suffered bullet wounds in groin."
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00094467
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 86
CARL0005021589
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/29319
Subject
Reconstructions--California--Los Angeles
Crime scenes--California--Los Angeles
Home invasion--California--Los Angeles
Shooting--California--Los Angeles
Dwellings--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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