Perry M. Parker, father of kidnap and murder victim Marion Parker, Los Angeles [rephotographed], 1927

Item Overview

Title

Perry M. Parker, father of kidnap and murder victim Marion Parker, Los Angeles [rephotographed], 1927

Date Created

[circa December 17, 1927]

Date

1927-12-17

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Re-photographed image of Perry M. Parker, father of 12-year-old kidnap and murder victim Marion Parker.
Marion Parker was kidnapped from her school by William Edward Hickman on December 15, 1927. Her remains were retrieved by her father two days later - just moments after exchanging $1500 in ransom for Marion whom he presumed was still alive. Hickman was tried in January of 1928 and sentenced to death. He was executed at San Quentin, October 19, 1928.
Partial text from newspaper caption: Group saddened by Abduction of School Pupil... Right - Perry M. Parker, father of the missing girl. [One of three photos with title: "Grief-Stricken Parents Feverishly Await News of Lost Child," Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 1927: A8]

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Hickman, William Edward. Murderer.
Handwritten on negative: [Top:] Parker case [left side:] Perry M Parker

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
copy prints
news photographs

Names

Parker, Marion, 1915-1927
Parker, Perry Marion, 1879-1944
Hickman, William Edward, 1908-1928

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Kidnappings--California--Los Angeles