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William and Clara Steele's house before it was destroyed by fire, Pomona, 1921

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Title: William and Clara Steele's house before it was destroyed by fire, Pomona, 1921
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa June 9, 1921]
1921-06-09
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
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
This photograph is related to the article, "SEEK CLEWS TO DOUBLE MURDER IN HOME RUIN.: Friends of Dead Rich Man and Wife Suspect Slaying by Incendiary; Accident, Officers Believe. Figure in Pomona's Grewsome Mystery. DOUBLE MURDER CLEWS HUNTED; Sift Ashes of Dead Couple's Burned Residence; Friends and Police Advance Differing Theories; Slaying is Indicated by Several Circumstances," Los Angeles Times, 10 Jun. 1921: II1
The information supplied on the negative sleeve incorrectly identifies this and related photographs as relating to Dr. Gertrude Steele. These photos instead relate to William and Clara Steele.
Picture is of the front of the house with dirt trail in front of it.
Text from negative sleeve: STEELE, GERTRUDE DR. MURDER CASE, 1921 [handwritten:] • plastic surgeon, naturopath, "beauty doctor" • license revoked at least 2x • charged w/ manslaughter + had lots of other legal trouble
Handwritten on negative: Steele case 15
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_11616
ark:/21198/zz002h9ppb
Subject: Fires--California--Pomona
Dwellings--California--Pomona
Steele, Clara J. Crookshank, 1879-1921
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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