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
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