Photograph of murder victim Dr. Charles Warren DuBois (copy), 1935

Item Overview

Title

Photograph of murder victim Dr. Charles Warren DuBois (copy), 1935

Date Created

December 17, 1935

Date

1935-12-17

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Charles DuBois was found shot in the head on December 17, 1935. His mother, Grace DuBois, was convicted for his murder.
The late Dr. Charles DuBois poses next to a tree in what appears to be a military uniform.
This photograph appears with the article, “Doctor Shot in Mystery,” Los Angeles Times, 18 December 1935: 5.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 4225 Aug 12, 1936, Mrs. Grace DuBois + copy of photo of Dr. DuBois + Clellos Rockham (Dr.’s fiancée) + Lillian Abbott (Dr.’s sec’y) + Doug Howatt taking fingerprints (used to be in env #4067? Dated 12-17-35) Murder
Text from newspaper caption: Dr. Charles Warren DuBois, slain in shooting mystery.
Handwritten on negative: Dr. Charles Du Bois 12-17-35

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

DuBois, Charles Warren, 1902-1935

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Murder victims--California--Los Angeles County