Otis T. Shields, wife Violet, and sons Tommy and Jackie, during murder trial, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Otis T. Shields, wife Violet, and sons Tommy and Jackie, during murder trial, 1935

Date Created

July 30, 1935

Date

1935-07-30

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Otis T. Shields with his wife, Violet Ruby Shields, and their two sons, Tommy and Jackie, in court during Mr. Shields murder trial.
This photograph appears in the article, "Children to Defend Father in Killing. Cries of Death Related by Boy in Shields Case," Los Angeles Times, 31 Jul. 1935: A12.

Caption

Handwritten on negative: Otis Shields & wife Violet & sons Tommy - 8, & Jackie - 5. 7-30-35.
Text from negative sleeve: 1480- Aug. 8, 1935. Otis Shields + wife Violet + children, Tommy + Jackie. Shields
Text from newspaper caption: Two small children of Otis Shields and his wife, Violet Shields, will be called upon to testify in the murder case growing out of the death of Milton Shoup and they will tell their stories in defense of their father, who is accused of the crime. The boys, shown with their parents are Tommy, 8 years of age, on the left, and Jackie, 5.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Shields, Violet Ruby, 1907-1979
Shields, Thomas D. (Thomas Donald), 1927-1994
Shields, Otis Thurman, 1904-1962
Shields, Jack W. (Jack Wilbur), 1930-2002

Location

California

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Judicial proceedings