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Description
7 images. Store bombing at 246 East Broadway in Long Beach, 1 May 1957. Mrs. Shirley Weiss - 47 years (injured) Dr. Maurice Weiss (injured) Officer Garrison Wilson Officer Paul Kinrade. Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Emery. Date: 1957-05-01. Reporter: Emery to Gene Bosquet. Assignment: Store Bombing at 246 E. Broadway, Long Beach, 10:15 pm. 30: Mrs. Shirley Weiss, 47, wife of store owner, entering ambulance. 95: Mrs. Weiss, left hand shattered & wrapped in compress bandage, sitting in ambulance. 31: L to R -- Dr. Maurice Weiss, 61, injured LBPD Detectives, Det. Lieut. Garrison Wilson and Det. Paul Kinrade. 94: Bomb fragments on floor. 20: L to R -- Det. Lieut. Wilson & Dr. Weiss. 21: L to R -- Dr. Weiss & Det. Kinrade. 52: Det. Lieut. Wilson examines flashlight batteries and wires, scraps, etc of bomb. 53: Dr. Weiss (left) tells story to Det. Paul Kinrade."
Type
image
Format
7 photographs : negatives, b&w 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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