Threatening letter sent to Buron Fitts before he was shot, Los Angeles, 1937

Item Overview

Title
Threatening letter sent to Buron Fitts before he was shot, Los Angeles, 1937
Date Created
[circa March 10, 1937]
Date
1937-03-10
Publisher
Los Angeles Daily News
Language
No linguistic content
Collection
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Notes
Description
A threatening letter sent to District Attorney Buron Fitts before he was shot while driving by a mystery assailant. It reads, "Keep your eyes on the road to liberty." Buron Fitts regularly received such threats, and all these letters were studied extensively after the assassination attempt.
Caption
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Letters associated with Dist. shooting
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Fitts, Buron; Scene of his Shooting; Re-enactment of Shooting; Car; Bullets; Letter.

Physical Description

Extent
1 photograph
Medium
b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre
news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Location
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type
still image
Subjects
Crime
Threats

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University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
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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
Funding Note
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
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