Stairs leading to J. Belton Kennedy's summer cottage (copy), Los Angeles, ca. 1921

Title: Stairs leading to J. Belton Kennedy's summer cottage (copy), Los Angeles, ca. 1921
Date Created: [circa 1921]
Date: 1921
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: The staircase leading to Kennedy's summer cottage in Beverly Glen, where he was murdered.
Madalynne Obenchain and Arthur C. Burch were tried and acquitted for the murder of J. Belton Kennedy in 1921. Obenchain served a prison sentence but was released shortly after her conviction.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Obenchain, Madeline [handwritten:] Obenchain, Madalynne

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Crime scenes--California--Los Angeles
Dwellings--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_6820
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002cx3s3
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Rights statement: copyrighted
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Rights Country: US
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
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