Detective Sergeant W. L. Woodruff dusting for fingerprints at the Gladys G. Fair crime scene, Long Beach, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Detective Sergeant W. L. Woodruff dusting for fingerprints at the Gladys G. Fair crime scene, Long Beach, 1935

Date Created

August 21, 1935

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of Detective Sergeant W. L. Woodruff dusting a bottle for fingerprints in the Long Beach apartment of Gladys Glena Fair, murder victim (at the Cooper Arms Apartments, 455 E. Ocean Blvd.).
This photograph appears with the article, "Sister Given Death Quiz: Woman Will Be Brought South Kin of Mrs. Gladys G. Fair, Slain at Long Beach, Found in North," Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 1935: A1.

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: Seek Slayer's Fingerprints. Searching for clews leading to the slayer of Mrs. Gladys Glena Fair, attractive Long Beach woman slain in her apartment Monday, Detective Sergeant W. L. Woodruff is shown testing objects in the woman's apartment for fingerprints.
Handwritten on negative: Det Sgt Woodruff of Long Beach Police 8-21-35.
Text from negative sleeve: 1742. Florence Boykin Dowling, Glenda [sic] Fair's apt., Cooper Arms firescape, Det Sgt Sibley of Long Beach, Jack Boykin, Capt Owen Murphy, Det Sgt Woodruff of Long Beach. Glenda [sic] Fair murder in Long Beach, 8/21/35. [Stamped:] Aug 27 1935.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

forensic photographs
cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Subjects

Homicides--California--Long Beach
Detectives--California--Long Beach
Criminal investigations--California--Long Beach

Names

Fair, Gladys Glena Smith, 1898-1935
Woodruff, W. L., (Wilburn L.), 1891 or 92-1963

Location

Long Beach (Calif.)

Longitude

33.767025

Latitude

-118.186556

Resource type

still image