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Stairs leading to J. Belton Kennedy's summer cottage (copy), Los Angeles, ca. 1921

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Title: Stairs leading to J. Belton Kennedy's summer cottage (copy), Los Angeles, ca. 1921
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa 1921]
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.
The staircase leading to Kennedy's summer cottage in Beverly Glen, where he was murdered.
Madalynne Obenchain and Arthur C. Burch were tried and acquitted for the murder of J. Belton Kennedy in 1921. Obenchain served a prison sentence but was released shortly after her conviction.
Text from negative sleeve: Obenchain, Madeline [handwritten:] Obenchain, Madalynne
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_6820
ark:/21198/zz002cx3s3
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Crime scenes--California--Los Angeles
Dwellings--California--Los Angeles
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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