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Title: W. W. Orme, Los Angeles attorney who fell to his death, 1935 (copy photo)
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa September 20, 1935]
1935-09-20
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 Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Portrait photograph of W. W. Orme in an oval mat.
Related to "Fall Kills Attorney: Mystery Veils Plunge of W. W. Orme From Seventh Floor of Building," Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep 1935: A1.
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W. W. Orme, Los Angeles attorney for thirty years, mysteriously fell out of a window in his office building, seven floors up. It was undetermined if it was an accident or suicide.
Handwritten on negative sleeve: 2185. W. W. Orme. USC law school. long-time LA attorney. OBIT suicide? Copy [stamped: Sep 26 1935]
Handwritten on paper slip: W. W. Orme.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_8658
ark:/21198/zz002dgkdr
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Lawyers--California--Los Angeles
Orme, W. W. (William Wall), 1877-1935
Source: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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