Montebello Chief of Police Maxwell comforts Samuel Karnes, Sr. at the funeral of his granddaugther Geraldine Hardaker, Los Angeles, 1940

Title: Montebello Chief of Police Maxwell comforts Samuel Karnes, Sr. at the funeral of his granddaugther Geraldine Hardaker, Los Angeles, 1940
Date Created: Febuary 24, 1940
Date: 1940-02-24
Publisher: Los Angeles Daily News
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description: Montebello Chief of Police Maxwell comforts Samuel Karnes, Sr. at the funeral of his granddaugther Geraldine Hardaker. Betty Flay Hardaker was convicted of murdering her 5 year old daughter, Geraldine Hardaker, in a Montebello park washroom. The jury convicted her of committing the crime while of unsound mind.
Caption: Text from original nitrate sleeve:Hardaker, Betty - Mrs.; Hardaker, Charles; Hardaker, Geraldine; Karnes, S.W.; Maxwell, L.B.; Olson, William; Caneer, Oma
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: S.W. Karnes, L.H. Maxwell.

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Names: Maxwell, L.H.
Karnes, Samuel, Sr.
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Funeral rites & ceremonies--California--Los Angeles
People
Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Disaster

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
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