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Kid McCoy, on trial for murdering Teresa Mors, with his ex-wife Dagmar Dahlgren, Los Angeles, 1924

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Title: Kid McCoy, on trial for murdering Teresa Mors, with his ex-wife Dagmar Dahlgren, Los Angeles, 1924
Date Created and/or Issued: [December 10, 1924]
1924-12-10
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
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Possibly related to the article, "M'COY WEEPS AT TESTIMONY: Dagmar Dahlgren Attracts Attention by Visit Eighth Wife Says She Will Help All She Can Throngs Tax Capabilities of Court Deputies," Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 1924: A1.
Boxer, silent film actor, and accused murderer Kid McCoy seated on bench with his eighth wife, silent film actress Dagmar Dahlgren. Dahlgren has her arms around McCoy and is looking at him while he looks away from her. This photograph was possibly taken during a recess in Judge Charles S. Crall's chambers on December 10, 1924 while McCoy was on trial for the murder of Teresa Mors.
Text from negative sleeve: McCoy, Kid (Norman Selby), boxer, murder case 1924, *picture of couple seated: Kid McCoy + Dagmar Dahlgren ("8th + last wife of McCoy").
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_6484
ark:/21198/zz002cwq6j
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Trials (Murder)--California--Los Angeles
Boxers (Sports)--United States
Actors--American
Dahlgren, Dagmar, 1880-1951
McCoy, Kid, 1873-1940
Source: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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