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Title
House damaged during Bugsy Siegel murder
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
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Description
This residence is located at 810 N. Linden Drive in Beverly Hills and belonged to Siegel's companion, Virgina Hill, at the time of his murder.
Photograph caption dated June 21, 1947 reads, "A detective examines five holes made by bullets fired at the gangster. Some of the bullets passed through Siegel's body before knocking down a statue on the top of a piano and splattering into the wall amid an arrangement of paintings."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00010124
Herald Examiner Collection
HE-000-739 4x5; SCHE_b004_f1_i25
CARL0004957705
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/8117
Subject
Siegel, Bugsy,--1906-1947--Homes and haunts
Hill, Virginia,--1916-1966--Homes and haunts
Bullet holes--California--Beverly Hills
Criminal investigations
Crime scenes--California--Beverly Hills
Homicides--California--Beverly Hills
Detectives
Organized crime--United States
Dwellings--California--Beverly Hills
Living rooms--California--Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills (Calif.)
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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