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Title
First picture of Sarah Louisa Northcott since her arrest in Canada, San Francisco, 1928
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1928
1928
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.
Northcott was later tried and convicted for the serial murders of young boys in the riverside county area. His mother, Sarah Louisa Northcott, was also imprisoned for assisting him.
Mrs. Northcott (middle) accompanied by woman on her right and man on her left walking outside. Caption below states: "San Francisco Bureau--First Picture of Mrs. Northcott Since Arrest in Canada..."
Text from negative sleeve: Northcott, Gordon murder case nitrates [handwritten:] Box 26
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_6687
ark:/21198/zz002cwz6x
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Murder--California--Riverside County
Northcott, Sarah Louisa Cawthorpe, 1870-1944
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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