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Title
Three men hold a woman's garment, related to the investigation of the murder of Alberta Meadows by Clara Phillips, 1922-1923
Date Created and/or Issued
[circa 1922-1923]
1922/1923
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.
Three men standing in front of a building hold a woman's garment that is torn. The garment is evidence in the investigation of the murder of Alberta Meadows by Clara Phillips.
Clara Phillips, 28 years old, murdered nineteen year old Alberta Meadows in July 1922 and was convicted of the murder and sent to San Quentin Prison. She was paroled in 1935.
Text from negative sleeve: Clara Philips [sic]
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_11258
ark:/21198/zz002h98bc
Subject
Criminal investigations--California--Los Angeles
Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Meadows, Alberta G., 1903-1922
Phillips, Clara, 1894-1969
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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