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
10 images. Shooting at Braddock School, 14 May 1954. Mrs. Virginia S. Newton -- 49 years (shot by ex-husband -- injured) Thomas Newton -- 64 years (shot wife then shot self -- in hospital). Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Gaze. Date: 1954-05-14. Reporter: Gaze. Assignment: Braddock School shooting. 17-18: Venice Police Officer A.E. Smith inspects scene of shooting. The auto at his left was driven into school parking lot by Mrs. Virginia S. Newton. The hat on the ground belongs to her ex-husband, Thomas Newton, who shot her, then turned gun on himself. The coins and wrapped money comprised contributions to the Hiram Shoemaker fund, which Mrs. Newton was carrying as she stepped from her car into a volley of shots. 81-82: Views of shooting scene on parking area of Braddock Drive Elementary School. Where cop is stooping down, he is A.E Smith of Venice and car on his left was parked by Mrs. Virginia S. Newton. 31-32: Views of shooting scene from street. Mrs. Newton's auto is that at far end of left row (or only row that shows). 29-30-47: Mrs. Virginia S. Newton, 49 schoolteacher at Braddock Drive Elementary school, under treatment at Santa Monica Emergency hospital with 5 bullet wounds. 5-6: Thomas Newton, 64, 9944 National blvd., Palms, the divorced husband, being treated at Santa Monica Emergency Hospital for self-inflicted bullet wounds. Note: woman patient in background is not connected with this case".
Type
image
Format
10 photographs : negatives, b&w 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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