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Title
Booked in hatchet assault
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection;
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1957
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Description
Photograph caption dated January 24, 1957 reads "Walter Lee Meiners, center, 32, is booked on suspicion of assault with intent to commit murder and assault with a deadly weapon in connection with hatchet assault on his aunt, Mrs. Maude Page Nichols, 62, Burbank apartment building owner. Booking him at Burbank Jail are Lt. Ernest J. Vandergrift, left, and Officer Merton Palmer."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Identifier
00147070
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_d056_f28_i21
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/127057
Subject
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)--Police Department--Employees
Police--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Criminals--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Men--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Deaf men--California--Los Angeles
Arrest--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Time Period
1951-1960

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