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 Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. This photograph is likely related to the article, Policeman Shot Dead," Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb 1936: 2. A man is seated in the corner with his collar and hat concealing his face, a reenactment of what Rex Cole, vice-president of the Equitable Investment Corporation, witnessed before Officers Pritchett and Reed were shot by Adam Weil, Mrs. Doris Weil's ex-husband. Doris Weil worked at the office at the time. Handwritten on negative: Scene of Shooting - Office of Rex Cole -2/17/36 Text from negative sleeve: 3744 Feb 21, 1936 Rex Cole -office scene -Weil case
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_12809 ark:/21198/zz002hmwcm
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Criminal investigations--California--Los Angeles Cole, John Silas Rex, 1892-1969
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