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Title
Gordon Northcott standing with arms crossed, Riverside County, 1929
Date Created and/or Issued
[circa 1929]
1929
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.
Photograph of a framed picture of Gordon Northcott standing with arms crossed in front of a few men with hats. Men are presumed to be police.
Text from negative sleeve: Northcott, Gordon murder case nitrates [handwritten:] Box 26
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_6688
ark:/21198/zz002cwz7f
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Serial murderers--California--Riverside
Police--California--Riverside County
Northcott, Gordon Stewart, 1906?-1930
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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