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Title
Compton murder, 1958
Contributor
Paegel, photographer
Date Created and/or Issued
1958-06-05
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
Los Angeles Examiner Collection, 1920-1961
Rights Information
Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
USC Libraries Special Collections
University of Southern California
specol@usc.edu
Description
6 images. Compton murder, 5 June 1958. Lawrence Corwin -- 23 years (suspect in murder of Mrs. Martha Gibbs -- 82 years old)
Officer Robert Robbins
Officer R.C. Stover.
Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Paegel. Date: 1958-06-05. Reporter: Hertel. Assignment: Compton murder
stabbed Mrs. Martha Gibbs to death -- 82. 11/12/21/22/31/32: L to R -- Detective Sergeant Robert Robbins, Lawrence G. Corwin, 23, murder suspect, & Detective Sgt. R.C. Stover at Compton Police Station".
Type
image
Format
6 photographs : negatives, b&w
10 x 13 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
examiner-m16298
EXM-N-12360-015~1...~6
http://doi.org/10.25549/examiner-m16298
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/EXM-N-12360-015~1.jpg
Language
English
Time Period
1958-06-05
Source
12360-015 [Sleeve Number]
University of Southern California [Contributing entity]
Relation
Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961
Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961
examiner-m1663

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