Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Collection of photographs related to the Los Angeles Times bombing
- Dates:
- ca. 1912
- Creators:
- Los Angeles Times
- Abstract:
- Collection consists of photographs of key persons connected with the trial of the Los Angeles Times bombing (Oct. 1, 1910). Includes photographs of the accused, law enforcement agents, and main figures at the trial. Also includes Oscar Lawler's identification of the photographs.
- Extent:
- 1 oversize box.
- Language:
- Finding aid is written in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Collection of photographs related to the Los Angeles Times bombing (Collection 1616). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of photographs of key persons connected with the trial of the Los Angeles Times bombing (Oct. 1, 1910). Includes photographs of the accused, law enforcement agents, and main figures at the trial. Also includes Oscar Lawler's identification of the photographs.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Times building at First and Broadway, Los Angeles, was dynamited by union terrorists on Oct. 1, 1910; 20 employees were killed, many injured, and the building destroyed; James B. McNamara and John J. McNamara signed a confession admitting their guilt for the bombing, Dec. 2, 1911.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Photographs.
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2010
- Date Encoded:
- Text rekeyed by Caroline Cubé from in-house paper finding aid, 2010 . Machine-readable finding aid derived from rekeyed finding aid, encoding added via Notetab Pro. Date of source: DDMMYYYY .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Collection of photographs related to the Los Angeles Times bombing (Collection 1616). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988