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Dr. Victor Parkin, psychiatrist for the prosecution during the Hickman kidnapping and murder trial, Los Angeles, 1928

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Title: Dr. Victor Parkin, psychiatrist for the prosecution during the Hickman kidnapping and murder trial, Los Angeles, 1928
Date Created and/or Issued: 1928
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.
Parkin acted as one of several expert witnesses for the prosecution against William Edward Hickman, tried for the kidnap and murder of 12-year-old Marion Parker in December of 1927. Hickman was sentenced to death after a 13-day trial. He was executed at San Quentin, October 19, 1928.
Dr. Victor Parkin, psychiatrist, photographed seated with pencil and notepad, wearing a three-piece-suit and tie.
Handwritten on negative: Dr. Victor Parkins
Text from negative sleeve: Hickman, William Edward.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_10453
ark:/21198/zz002hbdz2
Subject: Witness--California--Los Angeles
Psychiatrists--American--California--Los Angeles
Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Kidnappings--California--Los Angeles
Parkin, Victor, 1879-1958
Parker, Marion, 1915-1927
Hickman, William Edward, 1908-1928
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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