Men sift through and clean-up debris around the ruins of William and Clara Steele's ranch home, Pomona, 1921

Item Overview

Title

Men sift through and clean-up debris around the ruins of William and Clara Steele's ranch home, Pomona, 1921

Date Created

[circa June 9, 1921]

Date

1921-06-09

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

This photograph appears with 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
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.

Caption

Handwritten on negative: case - 15
Text from newspaper caption: Mr. and Mrs. William S. Steele and Ruins of Their Burned Ranch Home. [Los Angeles Times, 10 Jun. 1921: II1]
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

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Steele, Clara J. Crookshank, 1879-1921
Steele, William, d. 1921

Location

Pomona (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Death--California--Pomona
Fires--California--Pomona
Ranches--California--Pomona