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Crowds in front of the Courthouse during the Hickman kidnap and murder trial, Los Angeles, 1927-1928

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Title: Crowds in front of the Courthouse during the Hickman kidnap and murder trial, Los Angeles, 1927-1928
Date Created and/or Issued: [1927-1928]
1927/1928
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.
Crowds line both sides of the street and gather in front of the old Los Angeles County Courthouse during the arraignment or trial of William Edward Hickman, confessed kidnapper and murderer of Marion Parker, age 12. Photographed in the vicinity of Broadway and Temple streets (current City Hall location). The Hall of Records stands on the left.
Written on negative: Hickman case
Text from negative sleeve: Hickman, William Edward...Murder
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_10456
ark:/21198/zz002hbf23
Subject: Crowds--California--Los Angeles
Courthouses--California--Los Angeles
Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Kidnappings--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Courthouse (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Parker, Marion, 1915-1927
Hickman, William Edward, 1908-1928
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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