Portrait photograph of Clara Steele, 1921

Item Overview

Title

Portrait photograph of Clara Steele, 1921

Date Created

[circa June 9, 1921]

Date

1921-06-09

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Collection

OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

The information supplied on the negative sleeve incorrectly identifies this and related photographs as relating to Dr. Gertrude Steele. These photos instead relate to William and Clara Steele.
This photograph is related to the article, "SEEK CLEWS TO DOUBLE MURDER IN HOME RUIN.: Friends of Dead Rich Man and Wife Suspect Slaying by Incendiary; Accident, Officers Believe. Figure in Pomona's Grewsome Mystery. DOUBLE MURDER CLEWS HUNTED; Sift Ashes of Dead Couple's Burned Residence; Friends and Police Advance Differing Theories; Slaying is Indicated by Several Circumstances," Los Angeles Times, 10 Jun. 1921: II1
Company that took the picture: "Bushnell, 627 S. Broadway, Los Angeles"

Caption

Handwritten on negative: Steele Case - 15
Text from negative sleeve: STEELE, GERTRUDE DR. MURDER CASE, 1921 [handwritten:] • plastic surgeon, naturopath, "beauty doctor" • license revoked at least 2x • charged w/ manslaughter + had lots of other legal trouble

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
Portrait photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Names

Steele, Clara J. Crookshank, 1879-1921

Resource type

still image