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Title
Detective Sergeant W. L. Woodruff dusting for fingerprints at the Gladys G. Fair crime scene, Long Beach, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued
August 21, 1935
1935-08-21
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 Arcadia funds.
This photograph appears with the article, "Sister Given Death Quiz: Woman Will Be Brought South Kin of Mrs. Gladys G. Fair, Slain at Long Beach, Found in North," Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 1935: A1.
Photograph of Detective Sergeant W. L. Woodruff dusting a bottle for fingerprints in the Long Beach apartment of Gladys Glena Fair, murder victim (at the Cooper Arms Apartments, 455 E. Ocean Blvd.).
Handwritten on negative: Det Sgt Woodruff of Long Beach Police 8-21-35.
Text from negative sleeve: 1742. Florence Boykin Dowling, Glenda [sic] Fair's apt., Cooper Arms firescape, Det Sgt Sibley of Long Beach, Jack Boykin, Capt Owen Murphy, Det Sgt Woodruff of Long Beach. Glenda [sic] Fair murder in Long Beach, 8/21/35. [Stamped:] Aug 27 1935.
Text from newspaper caption: Seek Slayer's Fingerprints. Searching for clews leading to the slayer of Mrs. Gladys Glena Fair, attractive Long Beach woman slain in her apartment Monday, Detective Sergeant W. L. Woodruff is shown testing objects in the woman's apartment for fingerprints.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_10122
ark:/21198/zz002ddwg7
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Homicides--California--Long Beach
Detectives--California--Long Beach
Criminal investigations--California--Long Beach
Woodruff, W. L., (Wilburn L.), 1891 or 92-1963
Fair, Gladys Glena Smith, 1898-1935
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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