Image / Assailant William Hardy and his distraught mother Katherine Williams, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Assailant William Hardy and his distraught mother Katherine Williams, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: February 11, 1935
1935-02-11
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Photograph relates to article: "Child Found Near Death From Blows: Confession Made By Brother," Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 1935: 1.
In 1935, William Hardy confessed to the beating of his half-sister Helen Katherine Williams with a hammer. The photograph depicts Hardy and his distraught mother.
Text on negative sleeve: Hardy, William Murder Suspect
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_5137
ark:/21198/zz002cv3rp
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Criminal investigations--California--Los Angeles
Williams, Katherine Hardy, b. 1890 or 91
Hardy, William, b. 1912 or 13
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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