Thomas LeRoy Drake and his date Vula Hayden, Long Beach, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Thomas LeRoy Drake and his date Vula Hayden, Long Beach, 1935

Date Created

November 14, 1935

Date

1935-11-14

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

20-year-old Sunday school teacher Leroy Drake confesses that he poisoned his aunt and uncle and threw their bodies into the harbor to save them from the indignity of an alleged suicide pact. After the murders he went to the movies with high school sweetheart Vula Hayden.
Stamped date not given, date provided in top right corner of negative sleeve used.
Similar photograph appears with the article, "Defense Aid Given Drake," Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec 1935: 3.
The couple stands side by side, Leroy with his arms folded behind his back and Vula holding one of her gloves and her purse.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2425 - 11/14/35 Le Roy Drake Vula Hayden Drake trial 12-11-35
Handwritten on negative: Vula Hayden Le Roy Drake 12-11-35

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Hayden, Vula, b. 1916 or 17
Drake, Thomas LeRoy, b. 1916

Location

Long Beach (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Homicides--California--Long Beach
Law & legal affaris--California--Long Beach