Perry M. Parker, father of kidnap and murder victim Marion Parker, Los Angeles [rephotographed], 1927
Item Overview
- Title
- Perry M. Parker, father of kidnap and murder victim Marion Parker, Los Angeles [rephotographed], 1927
- Date Created
- [circa December 17, 1927]
- Date
- 1927-12-17
- Publisher
- Los Angeles Times
- Collection
- Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Notes
- Description
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Re-photographed image of Perry M. Parker, father of 12-year-old kidnap and murder victim Marion Parker.
Marion Parker was kidnapped from her school by William Edward Hickman on December 15, 1927. Her remains were retrieved by her father two days later - just moments after exchanging $1500 in ransom for Marion whom he presumed was still alive. Hickman was tried in January of 1928 and sentenced to death. He was executed at San Quentin, October 19, 1928.
Partial text from newspaper caption: Group saddened by Abduction of School Pupil... Right - Perry M. Parker, father of the missing girl. [One of three photos with title: "Grief-Stricken Parents Feverishly Await News of Lost Child," Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 1927: A8]
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photograph
- Medium
- b&w nitrate negative
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
- Local Identifier
- uclamss_1429_10467
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz002hbffs
- Manifest url
Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted
- Rights Holder
- UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. E-mail: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310)825-4988
- Rights Country
- US
- Funding Note
- Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
- License
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License .