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
Photograph of Ernest Besselmann lying dead in the Los Angeles River bed at the end of his suicide jump off the railing of the Sixth Street Bridge. "River Bed His Death Bed. Ernest Besselmann lying dead in the Los Angeles River bed at the end of his suicide jump off the railing of the Sixth Street Bridge" -- Examiner clipping attached to verso, dated, "April 6, 1937". "Received. Examiner reference library" -- stamped on verso, dated by April 7, 1937. Streetscape. Horizontal photography.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w photographic prints photographs
-118.22749,34.03937 -118.22574,34.03826 -118.22692,34.03742 -118.22836,34.03853 6th Street at the Los Angeles River California Downtown Los Angeles Los Angeles USA
Source
3-1275-02806-1936 [Barcode] EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BRI-VIA-001 [Original Filename] Subjects 316 [Print Box] University of Southern California [Contributing entity]
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