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Dr. Frank R. Webb inspects remains from murder site as Ray Pinker observes, Los Angeles, 1938

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Title: Dr. Frank R. Webb inspects remains from murder site as Ray Pinker observes, Los Angeles, 1938
Contributor: Terrell, Maurice
Date Created and/or Issued: December, 1938
1938-12
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.
Frank R. Webb inspected the charred bones found in the driveway, possibly belonging to Rose Spinelli. She is believed to have been murdered by her husband, William Spinelli.
This photograph is possibly related to the article, "Clues Point to Ax Murder," Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec 1938: 6.
Assistant County Autopsy Surgeon Frank R. Webb (left) examines bones while Ray Pinker (right) observes. An unidentified lab worker is seen in the background.
Text from negative sleeve: 15242 --- Dr. Frank R. Webb Police Chemist Roy [sic] Pinker [stamped:] DEC 29 1938; Maurice Terrell Photographer
Handwritten on negative: Dr. Frank Webb Roy [sic] Pinker
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_11976
ark:/21198/zz002h8v41
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Forensic sciences
Webb, Frank R
Pinker, Ray, 1904-1979
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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