Buron Fitts leaving the hospital with his wife after recovering from an assassination attempt, Los Angeles, 1937

Item Overview

Title
Buron Fitts leaving the hospital with his wife after recovering from an assassination attempt, 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
Nitrate negative shows some damage.
District Attorney Buron Fitts leaving the hospital with his wife Marion after recovering from being shot in the elbow by a mystery assailant. A reward was immediately offered for the identity of the would-be assassin.
Caption
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Buron Fitts leaving hospital.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Fitts, Buron; Leaving Hospital with Nell Schweizer.

Physical Description

Extent
1 photograph
Medium
b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre
news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Names
Fitts, Marion, 1893-1985
Fitts, Buron, 1895-1973
Location
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type
still image
Subjects
People
Politicians--California--Los Angeles

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