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Pages 1 and 4 of Rudolph Schiffman Jr. suicide note to father, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Pages 1 and 4 of Rudolph Schiffman Jr. suicide note to father, 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.
From letter: "Sat., Aug 24, 1935,"-- "Dear Pop, I am sorry to leave like this without even asking you if I could stay on but you will have to forgive me. You are now rid of your lazy lout boozer, tramp, and jail-bird...."
Related to 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.
Handwritten on negative: Schiffman notes
Handwritten on negative sleeve: 1953--Rudolph Schiffman Jr. (suicide notes)--suicide-2 1/2 years after girl he loved committed suicide, 8/31/35
Text from negative sleeve: SEP 4-1935
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_8288
ark:/21198/zz002dg4n3
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Suicides--California--Los Angeles
Schiffman, Rudolph, Jr., 1911 or 12-1935
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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