Two detectives unearthing the remains of Grace Young at Beverly Glen cabin, Los Angeles, 1925

Item Overview

Title
Two detectives unearthing the remains of Grace Young at Beverly Glen cabin, Los Angeles, 1925
Date Created
1925
Publisher
Los Angeles Times
Language
No linguistic content
Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Notes
Description
Dr. Thomas Young was married to Grace Gordon Young, a millionaire widow with one son. Dr. Young confessed to killing his wife and burying her body in a cistern at their Beverly Glen cabin in an attempt to gain custody of his stepson and his inheritance. In the middle of his trial in August 1925 Young committed suicide while in jail.
Caption
Text from negative sleeve: Young, Thomas Dr. Murder Case.

Physical Description

Extent
1 photograph
Dimensions
10 x 12.5 cm.
Medium
b&w glass negative

Keywords

Genre
news photographs
Subjects
People
Murder victims--California--Los Angeles County
Murder--Investigation--California--Los Angeles County
Legal
Crime scene searches--California--Los Angeles County
Dead persons
Names
Young, Thomas W., 1877-1925
Location
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type
still image

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Repository
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local identifier
uclalat_1429_b3739_G5727
ARK
ark:/21198/zz0002pr8w
Manifest url
IIIF Manifest

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Rights statement
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UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Rights Holder
The Regents of the University of California
Rights Country
US
License
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License
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