Image / Gerald Foster, witness to shooting of Milton Shoup, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Gerald Foster, witness to shooting of Milton Shoup, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: July 30, 1935
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.
7-year-old Gerry Foster was staying at the Shields' house when he heard Milton Shoup, a boarder at the Shields home, fall to the floor after a gunshot. Otis Shields is on trial for the murder.
This photograph appears with the article, "Cries of Death Related By Boy in Shields Case," Los Angeles Times, 31 Jul 1935: A12
1585-- Gerry Foster, Shooting Witness 7/30/35 [stamped:] AUG 14 1935
Text from newspaper caption: Gerald Foster
Handwritten on negative: Gerry Foster 7/30/35
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_9929
ark:/21198/zz002dj379
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Children--California--Los Angeles
Witnesses--California--Los Angeles
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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