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Crowds near the Courthouse during the Hickman kidnapping and murder trial, Los Angeles, 1927 or 28

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Title: Crowds near the Courthouse during the Hickman kidnapping and murder trial, Los Angeles, 1927 or 28
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 of men and women line pathways adjacent to the Los Angeles County Courthouse (stairs and walkway seen in foreground) during the arraignment or trial of William Edward Hickman, kidnapper and murderer of Marion Parker, age 12. Also present in the photo are lines of parked and moving vehicles. The vehicle at foreground left has a driver at the wheel. The acronym "L.A.F.D" is printed on the driver's side door.
Text from negative sleeve: Hickman, William Edward.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_10473
ark:/21198/zz002hbfnw
Subject: Crowds--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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