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Title
Boy Scout Albert Portune testifies for the court regarding the discovery of the bodies of murdered children Jeanette Stevens and Melba and Madeline Everett. August 12, 1937
Date Created and/or Issued
August 12, 1937
1937-08-12
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.
Inglewood Boy Scout Albert Portune testifies for the court in the murders of children Jeanette Stevens (age 8), Melba Everett (age 9), and Madeline Everett (age 6). Portune was one of four scouts who discovered the bodies of the three girls in the Baldwin Park ravine; the four were part of a larger search group comprised of Boy Scouts. August 12, 1937.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Card, Horace; Portune, Albert; Portune, Frank
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
ark:/21198/zz0027xhv8
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Legal
Youth
Disaster
Portune, Albert
Source
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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