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Two Los Angeles police detectives looking over the body of actress Carole Landis in Landis' home in Los Angeles, Calif., 1948

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Title: Two Los Angeles police detectives looking over the body of actress Carole Landis in Landis' home in Los Angeles, Calif., 1948
Date Created and/or Issued: July 6, 1948
1948-07-06
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: POLICE TAKE CHARGE-- Emmett Jones, kneeling, captain of West Los Angeles detectives and Det. John M. Laymen inspect the body of Carole Landis after it was found lifeless yesterday. In the foreground are the actress' fur coat, recently worn by her, and a hair drier. Officers can find no motive for the film star's suicide.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b42_52451A
ark:/21198/zz0002qw25
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Hairdressing--Equipment and supplies
People
Disaster
Motion picture actors and actresses--California--Los Angeles
Detectives--California--Los Angeles
Crime scene searches--California--Los Angeles County
Legal
Landis, Carole, 1919-1948--Death
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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