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Late Ethel E. Whittaker, allegedly killed by James F. Culver, Los Angeles, 1936

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Title: Late Ethel E. Whittaker, allegedly killed by James F. Culver, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: September 4, 1936
1936-09-04
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.
A portrait taken of Ethel at an undisclosed time and location. She wears all white,
Police are determined to convict James F. Culver of the murder of 44-year-old Ethel E. Whittaker after he was found locked in a room in the building next door to Mrs. Whittaker's hotel, wearing a bloody shirt.
Photograph appears with the article, "Hotel Death Gun Hunted," Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar 1936: A3.
Text from negative sleeve: 4412 - Mrs Ethel Whittaker (hotel shooting) [stamped:] Sep 4 1936
Text from newspaper caption: Mrs. Ethel E. Whittaker
Handwritten on negative: 102 Ethel E. Whittaker
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_13583
ark:/21198/zz002hnt3z
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Victims of crimes--California--Los Angeles
Whittaker, Ethel Elizabeth, 1892-1936
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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