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Title: Mechanic poses with Alfred Wells' getaway car, Las Vegas, 1941
Date Created and/or Issued: May 9, 1941
1941-05-09
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 garage employee poses with the 1932 Ford coupe that Alfred Wells, the Hunchback Killer, fled in and abandoned at the Las Vegas garage, while holding up a May 9, 1941 issue of the L.A. Times.
Text from negative sleeve: 23118 -Alfred Horace Wells. "San Bernadino hunchback" Murder Car. 5-9-41. [stamp] MAY 16 1941.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_14972
ark:/21198/zz002j8ntw
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Garages--Nevada--Las Vegas
Automobiles
Mechanics (Persons)--Nevada--Las Vegas
Murder--Investigation--California--San Bernardino
Wells, Alfred Horace, 1910-1942
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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