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Myrtle Takaoka, sister of slain dancer, testifies in court with Judge Irvin Taplin presiding, Los Angeles, 1936

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Title: Myrtle Takaoka, sister of slain dancer, testifies in court with Judge Irvin Taplin presiding, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa August 19, 1936]
1936-08-19
Publication Information: Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Myrtle Takaoka testifying on the witness stand about the murder of her sister, dancer Midi Takaoka. Judge Irvin Taplin was presiding. The dancer's throat was cut by her jilted lover, waiter Raymond Johnson. Johnson later was sentenced to life in prison.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Takaoka, Myrtle; Taplin, Irvin, Judge; Takaoka, Hal; Takaoka, Mary.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz0027xb61
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Judges--California--Beverly Hills
Arts
Legal
Witnesses--California--Los Angeles
Disaster
Takaoka, Myrtle
Taplin, Irvin, 1897-1978
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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