Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Police forensic chemist Ray Pinker (left) and Detective Miles Ledbetter examine a couch in the investigation into the murder of Celia Holmes, whose bullet-ridden body was found in a Hollywood ravine. Related to the article, "NEW DRAMA IN SLAYING: Victim's Father Faces Suspect: Parent of Mrs. Holmes Cites Suspicion and Gets Reply From Son-in-Law," Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan 1935: 3. For nearly 40 years Ray (Raymond H.) Pinker worked for the Los Angeles Police Scientific Investigation Division, the first police forensic lab in the country. The Dragnet character "Raymond Pinker" was named after him. He worked on numerous famous cases, including the Black Dahlia case. Handwritten on negative: Ray Pinkert [sic], Miles Ledbetter Text from negative sleeve: Pinker, Pay [sic], police
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_11282 ark:/21198/zz002h9958
Subject
Police--California--Los Angeles Ledbetter, Miles, 1893-1972 Pinker, Ray, 1904-1979
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