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Description
4 images. Shooting at 5th and Hill (Officer William Schlotzhaur shot at robbery suspect and narrowly missed 2 children), 23 August 1954. Kenneth Ching -- 12 years (missed by officers bullets) Geraldine Ching -- 10 years (missed by officers bullets) Dick Harmon (reporter). Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Rustan. Date: 1954-08-23. Reporter: Harmon. Assignment: Shooting. 61/88: L to R as they were standing on car windows to unload car when shot was fired from right to left across rear of station waggon [sic] are Kenneth, 12, and Geraldine Ching, 10, children of Honolulu businessman George K. Ching. 62/87: L to R Kenneth Ching, 12, reporter Dick Harmon showing where suspect was shot, and Geraldine Ching, 10".
Type
image
Format
4 photographs : negatives, b&w 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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