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Title
Mystery hole in shed
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1928
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes.; Photograph included in the exhibit: “Edited for Publication: Photographic Manipulations in the Los Angeles Herald Examiner”
J. L. "Barney" Barnard discovers a hole of mystery inside a shed on the murder farm. It was sawed or hacked through the wooden floor and then dug into the earth. The hole was found filled with tin cans and rubbish, but underneath were papers and letters containing the name of Northcott and a mysterious telegram to "countess" in New York, whom officers were trying to find.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00027437
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box-2207 Northcott case
CARL0000030234
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/9979
Subject
Crime--California--Mira Loma
Murder--California--Mira Loma
Farms--California--Mira Loma
Murder--Investigation--California--Mira Loma
Mira Loma (Calif.)
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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