Lyndon Foster points to the damage caused by apartment bombing attempt, Los Angeles, 1935

Title: Lyndon Foster points to the damage caused by apartment bombing attempt, Los Angeles, 1935
Photographer: Finley, Howard, b. 1899 or 1900
Date Created: December 18, 1935
Date: 1935-12-18
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: This photograph is likely related to the article, “Two Clews Guide Hunt for Bomber of Editor,” Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec 1935: 8.
"Red" Foster speculated to Detective Lieutenants Gillan and Bissell that his home was probably bombed by political enemies. He escaped without serious injury.
Red Foster, left, points to the damage on his wall with his bandaged hand. Detective Lieutenant Frank R. Harper, right, points to window that faces the bed, outside the frame.
Caption: Handwritten on negative: D. L. Frank R. Harper
Text from negative sleeve: 4074—Lyndon Red Foster (see also 4177) Bombing 359 So Cochran 12/18/35, [stamped:] DEC 20 1935

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Foster, Lyndon R., 1897-1974
Harper, Frank R.
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.067372
Latitude: -118.347536
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Dwellings--California--Los Angeles
Detectives--California--Los Angeles
Bombings--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_13084
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002hn6vn
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Rights Country: US
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