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Title
Bookmaker funeral held
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.
Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
Photograph caption dated December 8, 1959 reads, "Bookie funeral held - Pallbearers carry closed casket bearing body of Valley bookmaker Jack Whalen from Forest Lawn's Church of the Hills at Hollywood Hills. Pallbearers were Dan Hadzick, George Redston, Leo Faylen, Ellsworth Simpson, Howard Knack and Carl Jamison."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00086081
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d005_f17_i31
CARL0004780318
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/43198
Subject
Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries (Hollywood, Calif.)
Funeral service--California--Los Angeles
Murder victims--California--Los Angeles
Coffins--California--Los Angeles
Cemeteries--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Assassinations--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
Crime--California--Los Angeles
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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