Detectives Thad Brown and George Hill and another man investigate Fred La Mar's accidental fall at the Hotel Rosslyn, Los Angeles, 1935

Title: Detectives Thad Brown and George Hill and another man investigate Fred La Mar's accidental fall at the Hotel Rosslyn, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created: August 12, 1935
Date: 1935-08-12
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Photograph of Detective Lieutenants Thad Brown and George Hill looking out of a window and down a light well at the Rosslyn Hotel annex. Another man (L) reaches a leg out of a facing window, reenacting the actions of Fred La Mar, who fell while executing a similar move.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 1673. Fred La Mar (Ex Con) 31484. Thad Brown, Geo Hill: ... St. Homicide. Rosslyn Annex Prowler. 8/12/35
Handwritten on negative: Dt. Lt. Thad Brown, D. L. Geo Hill. Prowler (Mendelsohn[?])

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Brown, Thad, 1902-1970
Hill, George James, 1897-1970
La Mar, Fred
Hotel Rosslyn (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.046693
Latitude: -118.24853
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Crimes--California--Los Angeles
Police--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_10033
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002ddsdr
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Rights Country: US
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