Men exhume the body of Mrs. Mary James, Los Angeles, 1936

Item Overview

Title
Men exhume the body of Mrs. Mary James, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created
May 5, 1936
Date
1936-05-05
Publisher
Los Angeles Daily News
Language
No linguistic content
Collection
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Notes
Description
Men exhume the body of Mrs. Mary Busch James who was allegedly subjected to rattlesnake bites and drowned by her husband Robert S. James and his friend Charles H. Hope. An autopsy of Mrs. James's body did indeed reveal signs of a snake bite.
Caption
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: [Removing] body of Mrs. James
Text from original nitrate sleeve: James, Robert, Mrs. - (Exhuming Body)

Physical Description

Extent
1 photograph
Medium
b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre
news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Location
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type
still image
Subjects
Coffins
Homicides--California--Los Angeles
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