Clellos Rockham and Lillian Abbott learn of Charles Warren DuBois' death, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Clellos Rockham and Lillian Abbott learn of Charles Warren DuBois' death, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

December 18, 1935

Date

1935-12-18

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Clellos Rockham, left, sits next to Lillian Abbot, right, as she learns of her fiancée’s death. Someone’s hands can be seen in the bottom right corner, sifting through papers. Abbott was DuBois' secretary.
A similar photograph of Clellos Rockham and Lillian Abbott appears with the article, “Doctor Shot in Mystery,” Los Angeles Times, 18 December 1935: 5.
Clellos Rockham, a nurse at Good Samaritan Hospital, mourns the mysterious death of her fiancée, Dr. Charles Warren DuBois. DuBois was shot on December 17, 1935. His mother, Grace DuBois, was convicted for his murder in April 1936.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 4225 Aug 12, 1936, Mrs. Grace DuBois + copy of photo of Dr. DuBois + Clellos Rockham (Dr.’s fiancée) + Lillian Abbott (Dr.’s sec’y) + Doug Howatt taking fingerprints (used to be in env #4067? Dated 12-17-35) Murder
Handwritten on negative sleeve: L2R Clellos Rockham Mrs. Lillian Abbott 12/18/35

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Abbott, Lillian, b. 1884
Rockham, Clellos

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Women--California--Los Angeles
Secretaries--California--Los Angeles
Nurses--American--California--Los Angeles