HIV positive Joseph Markowski wearing mask flanked by sheriff wearing latex gloves in court in Los Angeles, Calif., 1987

Item Overview
- Title
- HIV positive Joseph Markowski wearing mask flanked by sheriff wearing latex gloves in court in Los Angeles, Calif., 1987
- Photographer
- Bessel, Larry
- Date Created
- July 11, 1987
- Publisher
- Los Angeles Times
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Collection
- Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection
Notes
- Description
- Joseph Markowski was charged with two counts of attempted murder and two counts of attempted poisoning for knowingly selling his HIV positive blood. The attempted murder charges were later dropped and he was acquitted of attempted poisoning in 1988.
- Caption
- Covered--Joseph Markowski, 29, who has tested positive for AIDS antibodies, wears mask, and sheriff's deputy wears gloves at Los Angeles Municipal Court hearing where Markowski was ordered to undergo a psychiatric examination. He has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly selling his blood and having sex despite the positive AIDS test.
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photograph
- Dimensions
- 35 mm.
- Medium
- b&w negative
Keywords
- Genre
- news photographs
- Subjects
-
Trials (Attempted murder)--California--Los Angeles
People
Legal
Blood donors--California--Los Angeles County
AIDS (Disease)--California--Los Angeles County
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
AIDS phobia--California
HIV-positive men--California--Los Angeles County
Science - Names
- Markowski, Joseph, 1958-1990
- Location
- Los Angeles (Calif.)
- Resource type
- still image
Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted
- Rights Holder
- UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. E-mail: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310)825-4988
- Rights Country
- US