Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. This photograph appears with the article, "Ex-Banker Ends Life: Poverty Causes Suicide in Park William L. McKee, Without Funds or Job, Kills Self in Pershing Square," Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 1935: 1. Photograph of investigator A. J. Fitzgerald, wearing a tweed jacket, tie, and straw boater hat, reading from papers in a drawer. He stands in the room of Ex-banker, William L. McKee. At left, an open suitcase lays atop a metal frame bed with casters. Below the window, a small table topped with coffee and "Cocomalt" cans and newspapers stacked below. Numerous neckties hang on a ring attached to a mirror at right. Also in view are a metal wash basin, near empty glass bottles, shoes and metal shoe stretchers. Text from negative sleeve: 1772. A.J. Fitzgerald (Public Admin, Office). Wm F. [sic] McKee Suicide, 8/23/35. Handwritten on negative: A. J. Fitzgerald - Wm F. [sic] McKee Suicide 8/23/35. Text from newspaper caption: As representative of the Public Administrator's office, A. J. Fitzgerald is here shown inspecting William F. McKee's pitifully meager belongings in his humble living quarters following the one-time affluent banker's dramatic suicide in Pershing Square at down, Among the effects were a check-book stub, showing withdrawal to his last dollar.
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_10160 ark:/21198/zz002ddxsc
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Investigation--California--Los Angeles Suicides--California--Los Angeles Fitzgerald, A. J. (Arthur James), 1901-1987 McKee, William L., 1871 or 72 – 1935
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