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Title: Rudolph Schiffman Sr. and Rudolph Schiffman Jr., Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: August 31, 1935
1935-08-31
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.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Part of this photograph appears with the article, "Young Heir Kills Self: Schiffman Jr., in Suicide, Son of Wealthy Drug Man Ends Life Due to Grief Over Girl's Death," Los Angeles Times, 2 Sept. 1935: A1. According to the article, he killed himself due to sadness over the suicide of a girl that committed suicide two years prior.
Rudolph Schiffman Jr. (right) and Rudolph Schiffman Sr. (left). His father looks at him while the son faces the camera. The picture is of a framed photograph with the watermark- "Lucien J. Rode, Beverly Hills".
Text from negative sleeve: SEP 4-1935
Handwritten on negative: Rudolph Schiffman Jr.
Handwritten on negative sleeve: 1953--Rudolph Schiffman Jr., Rudolph Schiffman Sr. (wealthy drug mfctr)--(Suicide), 8/31/35
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_8287
ark:/21198/zz002dg4mk
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Suicides--California--Los Angeles
Schiffman, Rudolph, Jr., 1911 or 12-1935
Schiffman, Rudolph, Sr., 1868-1948
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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