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Lyndon Foster points to the damage caused by apartment bombing attempt, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Lyndon Foster points to the damage caused by apartment bombing attempt, Los Angeles, 1935
Contributor: Finley, Howard, b. 1899 or 1900
Date Created and/or Issued: December 18, 1935
1935-12-18
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
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, “Two Clews Guide Hunt for Bomber of Editor,” Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec 1935: 8.
"Red" Foster speculated to Detective Lieutenants Gillan and Bissell that his home was probably bombed by political enemies. He escaped without serious injury.
Red Foster, left, points to the damage on his wall with his bandaged hand. Detective Lieutenant Frank R. Harper, right, points to window that faces the bed, outside the frame.
Handwritten on negative: D. L. Frank R. Harper
Text from negative sleeve: 4074—Lyndon Red Foster (see also 4177) Bombing 359 So Cochran 12/18/35, [stamped:] DEC 20 1935
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_13084
ark:/21198/zz002hn6vn
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Dwellings--California--Los Angeles
Detectives--California--Los Angeles
Bombings--California--Los Angeles
Foster, Lyndon R., 1897-1974
Harper, Frank R
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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