Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 USC Libraries Special Collections University of Southern California specol@usc.edu
Description
11 images. Police Shoot Two at 6th Street and Hauser Boulevard, 06 December 1951. Officer Paul C. Ward Sergeant C.R. Smith Sergeant Robert Hays Fred A. Pensel (suspect) Thomas Finn (suspect) V.S. Jones (Officer) Russell H. Barker (Officer) Jones and Barker captured suspects. Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Sandusky. Date: 12-06. Assignment: Police shoot two at 6th St. near Hauser. D12, 13: Officer Paul C. Ward, Sgts. C.R. Smith and Robert Hays 'shaking down' suspect's car. Note bullet holes in windshield. D14: Sgt. C.R. Smith looking at bullet holes. D10: Ambulance attendant Suspect Fred A. Pensel suspect Thomas Finn (head and shoulder visible over left shoulder of police officer) standing at back of ambulance. Note wound in neck of Pensel".
Type
image
Format
11 photographs : negatives, b&w 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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