Widow tells story of husband's shooting

Widow tells story of husband's shooting

Photograph

Widow tells story of husband's shooting

1966
Gelatin silver print
Image: 8 1/4 × 6 7/8 in. (21 × 17.5 cm)
Paper: 10 × 7 1/2 in. (25.4 × 19 cm)
Gift of Steven and Claudia Schwartz, 2024
2025.0010.0050
Inscriptions Printed below image: (LA2) LOS ANGELES, May, 24--WIDOW TELLS STORY OF HUSBAND'S SHOOTING--Mrs. \ Barbara Deadwyler arrives in a Los Angeles inquest hearing room today to \ give her version of the police shooting of her husband, Leonard Deadwyler, \ on May 7. Mrs. Deadwyler, 25, who is expecting a baby next month, wears \ a candy-striped maternity dress. She was sitting beside her husband when \ he was shot by a police officer who had stopped his car in south central \ Los Angeles. (AP Wirephoto) (see AP wire story) (rhs31105stf) 1966
Inscribed in pencil on verso, TLC: CVL-RT-266A
Inscribed in black ink on verso, TLC: 4 \ 26 Pics \ Shooting, Calif
Printed on news clipping applied to verso, TR: MRS. BARBARA DEADWYLER is shown arriving at Los \ Angeles inquest to tell her version of shooting of her late \ husband, Leonard, May. 7. Mrs. Deadwyler, 25, is ex- \ pecting baby next month. She was sitting beside hus- \ band when he was shot by policeman who had stopped his \ car in south central Los Angeles. (AP Wirephoto)
Inscribed in black crayon on verso, C: 2 WP \ Deadwyler \ 4tl
Stamped in blue on verso, BC: MAY 25 1966
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