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Title: Scared to death
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: 1959
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.
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Description: Title supplied by cataloger.
Pictured is Mrs. Mildred Simrell, 38, a nurse's aid, and the ex-wife of Elmer Simrell who was suspected of sending threatening letters to six Superior Court judges and other court officials. Mrs. Simrell barricaded herself in her home at 10518 Rainier St., Sun Valley, after seeing her ex-husband's car as she was driving home, because she was 'scared to death' he would come after her. Photograph dated May 20, 1959.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.
Identifier: 00156149
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_ d001_ f37_ i33
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/129445
Subject: Husband and wife
Wife abuse
Threats of violence
Criminal investigation
Suspicion
Women
Wives
Dwellings
Sun Valley (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Time Period: 1951-1960

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