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Title: Photograph of murder victim Dr. Charles Warren DuBois (copy), 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: December 17, 1935
1935-12-17
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.
Charles DuBois was found shot in the head on December 17, 1935. His mother, Grace DuBois, was convicted for his murder.
The late Dr. Charles DuBois poses next to a tree in what appears to be a military uniform.
This photograph appears with the article, “Doctor Shot in Mystery,” Los Angeles Times, 18 December 1935: 5.
Text from negative sleeve: 4225 Aug 12, 1936, Mrs. Grace DuBois + copy of photo of Dr. DuBois + Clellos Rockham (Dr.’s fiancée) + Lillian Abbott (Dr.’s sec’y) + Doug Howatt taking fingerprints (used to be in env #4067? Dated 12-17-35) Murder
Text from newspaper caption: Dr. Charles Warren DuBois, slain in shooting mystery.
Handwritten on negative: Dr. Charles Du Bois 12-17-35
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_13271
ark:/21198/zz002hnf9r
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Murder victims--California--Los Angeles County
DuBois, Charles Warren, 1902-1935
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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