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House of Harry Meagher and location of his murder, at 580 North Irving Blvd., Los Angeles, 1933

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Title: House of Harry Meagher and location of his murder, at 580 North Irving Blvd., Los Angeles, 1933
Date Created and/or Issued: [January 18, 1933]
1933-01-18
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.
Photograph published with the article, "Liquor Dealer and Burglary Suspect Killed in Gun Battle Laid to Robbery," Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 1933: A2.
Text from newspaper caption: Center -- The scene of the killings, 580 North Irving Boulevard.
View of the street in front of the house of murder victim Harry Meagher. A robber, Allen North, had hidden in the back seat of his car and killed Meagher with a gun as he was pulling in to his driveway. Meagher then wrestled the gun away from North and shot him, killing him as well.
Text from negative sleeve: Meagher, Harry. Murder Case, 1933.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_10649
ark:/21198/zz002hbnqt
Subject: Crime scenes--California--Los Angeles
Dwellings--California--Los Angeles
Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Meagher, Harry Clemo, 1894-1933
North, Allen
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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