US UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. E-mail: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310)825-4988
Description
Studio portrait photograph (circa 1915) of Nellie Bayles, with the photographer identification "Hoffman / A [in a circle] S B." The photo appears with article "'Bad Man' and Officer Slain: Battle Fought on Ranch of Actress Near Saugus, She Calls Help as Gunman's Love is Spurned, Constable and Aide Are Met by Hail of Bullets," Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 1924: A1. Text from negative sleeve: Bayles, Nellie Miss. Actress. Text from newspaper caption: Romance in Hills Costs Two Lives. Cause of Battle and Officers Participating. Miss Nellie Bayles, known on stage as Bonita Darling, at top, for love of whom "Bad Man" issued threats causing her to summon officers. Fatal fray ensued. At lower left is Constable Pitcher, who slew Gunman Le Brun after latter had fatally shot Deputy Constable Ed Brown, at right. Brown later died in hospital. Handwritten on negative: Miss Nellie Bayles
Type
image
Format
b&w glass negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_b3693_G339 ark:/21198/zz0002nfb4
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Actresses--American--California--Los Angeles Darling, Bonita
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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