Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. The camera looks across ground brush towards the built structures on a Mint Canyon ranch rented by Gordon S. Northcott. A drive stretches across the middle of the image. On the far side of the drive, a small house stands at right. A few people are visible filtering in and out of the house. Outbuildings stand behind and to the left of it. At far left, the property's chicken coop stands. A tall wooden fence stretches between the house and the chicken coop. Gordon S. Northcott was later tried, convicted and executed for the serial murders of young boys in the area. Possibly related to the article, "Mystery Shack, Boys' Shoes Found in 'Death Farm' Hunt: OFFICERS TAKEN TO CANYON HUT Clark Lad Leads Them Also to Filled-up Well Net Being Drawn Closer on Northcott Fugitives Other Clews Being Revealed in Grewsome Case," Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 1928: A2 Text from negative sleeve: Northcott, Gordon murder case nitrates [handwritten:] (Box 27) 3
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_6709 ark:/21198/zz002cwzz9
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Serial murders--California--Riverside County Police--California--Santa Clarita Ranches--California--Santa Clarita Poultry houses--California--Santa Clarita Dwellings--California--Santa Clarita Crime scene searches--California--Santa Clarita Serial murders--California--Los Angeles County Northcott, Gordon Stewart, 1906?-1930
Source
OpenUCLA Collections Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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