Extortion letter received by Dr. A.M. Foote demanding payment, Los Angeles, 1937

Item Overview

Title
Extortion letter received by Dr. A.M. Foote demanding payment, Los Angeles, 1937
Date Created
[circa March 25, 1937]
Date
1937-03-25
Publisher
Los Angeles Daily News
Language
No linguistic content
Collection
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Notes
Description
An extortion letter received by retired chiropractor Dr. A.M. Foote threatening members of his family and demanding immediate payment. Several other celebrities were targeted as well, such as actress Anna May Wong and producer David O. Selznick.
Caption
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Dr. A.M. Foote- extortion letters to him and Anna May Wong
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Foot, A.M., Dr.; Extortion letters to him and Anna May Wong.

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
Legal
Threats

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