Cowboy film extras Joe Phillips and Harry Willingham at hearing of Jerome (Blackjack) Ward, charged with the murder of Johnny Tyke in Gower Gulch, Los Angeles, February 27, 1940
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Cowboy extras Joe Phillips and Harry Willingham at an inquest for Jerome (Blackjack) Ward, who is charged with the murder of Johnny Tyke in “Gower Gulch.” Gower Gulch is the name given to the area near the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Gower Street where film extras hang out waiting for work; many of the nearby studios produce westerns so often actual working cowboys come here to break into the film business. Allegedly, Blackjack shot Tyke with a .45, but many of the hundreds of Gower Gulch extras who came to the inquest testified that Tyke had started the fight and was “doped up” at the time. Text from original nitrate sleeve: "Gower Gulch" crowd at hearing of Jerome (Blackjack) Ward; Driscoll, Tex; King, Jack; Cord, Bob; Adams, Doc; Phillips, Joe; Willingham, Harry Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Joe Phillips & Harry Willingham
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b&w nitrate negative
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ark:/21198/zz002802ts
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Subject
Investigation--California--Los Angeles Entertainment Motion picture industry--California--Los Angeles Cowboys--California--Los Angeles Crime Homicides--California--Los Angeles Legal Willingham, Harry, 1881-1943 Phillips, Joe
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