Image / Frances Mabel Willis holds her murder weapon, Los Angeles, 1935

View source image on contributor's website.

Get Citation

Have a question about this item?

Contact Owner

Item information. View source record on contributor's website.

Title: Frances Mabel Willis holds her murder weapon, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: December 10, 1935
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
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 Arcadia funds.
This photograph appears with the article, “Article 1 – No Title,” Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 1935: 3.
Text from newspaper caption: Frances Mabel Willys, confessed common-law wife of Dr. Walter Hammond, dentist, whom she admits bludgeoning to death with a hammer. Mrs. Willys told officers, “I am tiger woman No. 2.”
Handwritten on negative: 103 Frances Mabels Willis 12/10/35.
Text from negative sleeve: 4056—Frances Mabel Willys (accused of killing dentist w/hammer) Murder 12/20/35.
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_13066
ark:/21198/zz002hn67b
Subject: Criminals--California--Los Angeles
Hammers
Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Willis, Frances Mabels
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

About the collections in Calisphere

Learn more about the collections in Calisphere. View our statement on digital primary resources.

Copyright, permissions, and use

If you're wondering about permissions and what you can do with this item, a good starting point is the "rights information" on this page. See our terms of use for more tips.

Share your story

Has Calisphere helped you advance your research, complete a project, or find something meaningful? We'd love to hear about it; please send us a message.