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Title
Basilone man mysteriously shot in head
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1950
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph caption dated March 2, 1950 reads, "Victim of mystery shooting - James Bowers, treated at Van Nuys Receiving Hospital for head wound, is assisted by Dr. Dick Lave, Attendant Dave Miller and Nurse Ruth Gifford."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00135277
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d041_f26_i63
CARL0005609775
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/65280
Subject
Van Nuys Receiving Hospital (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Head--Wounds and injuries--California--Los Angeles
Wounds and injuries--California--Los Angeles
Gunshot wounds--California--Los Angeles
Victims of crimes--California--Los Angeles
Shooting--California--Los Angeles
Hospitals--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles)
Physicians--California--Los Angeles
Nurses--California--Los Angeles
Women--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
Hospitals--California--Los Angeles--Employees
Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Group portraits
Portrait photographs
Valley Times Collection photographs
Time Period
1941-1950

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