William B. Furlow testifies against a former friend for stealing his beloved violin, Los Angeles, 1936

Title: William B. Furlow testifies against a former friend for stealing his beloved violin, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created: March 20, 1936
Date: 1936-03-20
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Mr. Furlow plays his violin with an unsmiling expression.
The weak and very ill Mr. Furlow testified in Municipal Judge McKay's courtroom that Mr. John McLean stole his beloved violin, which he refers to as "Old Fiddle", and pawned it for money.
Photograph appears with the article, "Fiddle Stolen, Says Invalid," Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar 1936: A1.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 4432 - Wm B Furlow ill+disabled veteran Violin Stolen after pawned back 3/19/36 [stamped:] Mar 25 1936
Text from newspaper caption: William B. Furlow, disabled war veteran, fondled his old fiddle affectionately in court yesterday where he accused his former friend, John McLean, of stealing and pawning the instrument while he was ill.

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Furlow, William B.
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Violins
Veterans--American
Musicians--American--California--Los Angeles
Sick persons

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_13611
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002hnv2x
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