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Room inside the deserted Palm Springs cabin where Betty Hardaker hid after murdering her daughter, Palm Springs, 1940

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Title: Room inside the deserted Palm Springs cabin where Betty Hardaker hid after murdering her daughter, Palm Springs, 1940
Date Created and/or Issued: February 26, 1940
1940-02-26
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.
Room inside the deserted Palm Springs cabin where Betty Hardaker hid after murdering her daughter Geraldine Hardaker. Mrs. Hardaker was convicted of murdering her 5 year old daughter, Geraldine Hardaker, in a Montebello park washroom. The jury convicted her of committing the crime while of unsound mind.
Text from original nitrate sleeve:Hardaker, Betty - Mrs.; Hardaker, Charles; Hardaker, Geraldine; Karnes, S.W.; Maxwell, L.B.; Olson, William; Caneer, Oma
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Betty Hardaker room at Palm Springs.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz0027zx13
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Investigation--California--Los Angeles
Crime
Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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