Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Copy photo taken October 13, 1936 In 1936 Ethel Whittaker was murdered in a fake hold-up plot. The transient who faked the hold-up was hired by her husband, Samuel Whittaker. Samuel Whittaker had taken out two life insurance polices before his wife's death, in addition to the ones she already had. Samuel T. Whittaker was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison. He died in San Quentin in 1937. Samuel T. Whittaker and his wife Ethel E. Whittaker stand in the ocean, one arm around the other. They are wearing one piece swimsuits. A pier is in the background. Written underneath photograph: Mr & Mrs Samuel T. Whittaker Handwritten on negative sleeve: 4412--10-13-36. Mr & Mrs Sam T Whittaker. Samuel T. Whittaker & Ethel E. Whittaker Handwritten on negative: Mr + Mrs. Sam Whittaker
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13584 ark:/21198/zz002hnt4g
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Piers--California--Los Angeles County Beaches--California Murder--California--Los Angeles County Trials (Murder)--California--Los Angeles Whittaker, Ethel Elizabeth, 1892-1936 Whittaker, Samuel T., 1875-1937
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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