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Patrick J. McManus examining a piece of film with Detective Lieutenants Joe Filkas and William Baker, Los Angeles, 1937

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Title: Patrick J. McManus examining a piece of film with Detective Lieutenants Joe Filkas and William Baker, Los Angeles, 1937
Date Created and/or Issued: February 1937
1937-02
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.
75-year-old Patrick J. McManus (center) examining what looks like a piece of exposed film with Detective Lieutenants Joe Filkas (left) and William Baker. Filkas and Baker are investigating the mysterious death of McManus's wife Josephine. McManus came home to find his wife had been burglarized, but was still alive. The couple went to bed and in the morning Mrs. McManus was dead. There were bruises on her neck and gashes on her back.
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Joe Fikas, Patrick J. McManus, Wm. Baker
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Filkas, Joe; McManus, Patrick J.; Baker, William
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz00288gr4
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Detectives--California--Los Angeles
Investigation--California--Los Angeles
Legal
Baker, William
Filkas, Joseph, 1897-1968
McManus, Patrick J
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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