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River drive murder, 1956
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River drive murder, 1956
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Description
1 image. River drive murder, 2 January 1956. Officer Herman Zander; Officer William Alexander; body of Helen Louise Mealer - 31 years.; Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Olmo. Date: 155-01-02. Reporter: Harmon. Assignment: Riverside Drive Murder. L to R: Det. Sgt. Herman Zander, left, and Det. William Alexander stand over body of unidentified woman beaten to death behind a Riverside drive amusement park. 5-6: L to R Det. Sgt. Herman Zander, left, holds channel iron used to murder unidentified woman as Det. William Alexander stands, right".
Asset Metadata
Title
River drive murder, 1956
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Temporal Subject
1956-01-02
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
(aacr2),
negatives (photographic)
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Language
English
Source
Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961
(subcollection),
Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961
(collection),
University of Southern California
(contributing entity)
Date Created
1956-01-02
Creator
Olmo
(photographer)
Publisher
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
Repository Email
cisadmin@lib.usc.edu
Repository Name
USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Location
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Rights
For uses other than private, please contact the USC Digital Library at cisadmin@lib.usc.edu
Access Conditions
Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu
Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/examiner-m19588
Identifier
EXM-N-11678-015~1 (
filename
), examiner-m1663 (
legacy collection record id
), examiner-c44-94519 (
legacy record id
), examiner-m19588 (
legacy record id
), 11678-015 (
sleeve number
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
94519
Unique identifier
UC11717521
Legacy Identifier
EXM-N-11678-015~1.tif
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
30.2 in × 24.4 in at 300dpi
76.9 cm × 62.0 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961
Description
The Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection consists of approximately 1.4 million prints and negatives from the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper. It was a daily newspaper, published in the afternoon on weekdays (Herald-Express) and in the morning on weekends (Examiner). The afternoon and morning papers merged in 1962 (Herald Examiner).
? 1903-1989: Los Angeles Examiner (founded 1903)
? 1931-1962: Los Angeles Herald-Express (formed from the 1931 merger of Los Angeles Evening Express and Evening Herald)
? 1962-1989: Los Angeles Herald Examiner (formed from the 1962 merger of the Los Angeles Herald-Express and the Los Angeles Examiner)
Almost every event and individual receiving news coverage in Los Angeles during the period late 1920's to 1961 is represented in the collection. Coverage is broad including crime, sports, society, art, and entertainment. The collection forms part of the Hearst Collection and was a gift from the Los Angeles Herald Examiner Division of the Hearst Corporation in 1978.
The Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection (1950-1961) consists of approximately 215,000 4x5-inch negatives from the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper.
The Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection consists of approximately 1.2 million photoprints from the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper.
Linked assets
Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961
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