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Description:: Wells J. Mosher (left) and Charles W. Ostrom stand next to each other in a hallway. To the right of Ostrom is a wall calendar and a locked door. Behind them are a table and a radiator. On the wall behind them are several framed portraits, a sticker (?) portrait, and a sign for a barbecue. Mosher wears a suit, jacket unbuttoned, and had his hands crossed in front of him, holding a light-colored hat. A pencil and a pair of glasses is in his jacket pocket. Ostrom wears a tweed suit, jacket also unbuttoned, and has his hands clasped behind his back.
Date:: [July 7, 1932]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Mary Wilmer, private secretary to Gilbert H. Beesemyer, sitting and wearing a collared dress, hat, necklace, and watch. Behind her is a locker or vented cabinet. This photograph was probably taken when Wilmer testified on December 18, 1930 in Los Angeles Superior Judge Wood's court at the embezzlement trial of Beesemyer.
Date:: [December 18, 1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: A similar photograph appears in "More Stories of Crime Recounted," Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug 1931: A1.
Date:: [circa August 11, 1931]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Wells J. Mosher stands at the entrance to the grand jury room. His left hand holds the doorknob. His right hand holds a brimmed hat down at his side. He wears a suit. Behind him is a coatroom filled with several coats and hats.
Date:: [July 7, 1932]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Minnie Kennedy as she recovered from her combined facial and nasal operations, accompanied by her secretary, Kharvina Burbeck. Bandages cover Kennedy's nose, which she asserts was broken by her daughter, Aimee Semple McPherson, during a fist fight. Reported in, "'BROKEN' NOSE TWEAKED: McPherson-Kennedy Feud Flares Anew When Affidavits Tell 'Truth' About 'Fracture'," Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 1930: A1.
Date:: August 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Sales Tax Administrator Clayton L. Howland, right, and secretary Marian A. Olsen, left, photographed with postage stamps commemorating the Liquor Tax.
Date:: September 4, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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.
Date:: December 18, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Ray Radke was the secretary of Charles H. Crawford, politician. Crawford and Herbert F. Spencer, a magazine executive, were murdered May 20, 1931. Radke was a witness. David H. Clark was charged with the double homicide. He was found not guilty.
Date:: [circa August 11, 1931]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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