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Order Number	00059421
Title	Graham police shooting
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 2026.
Date	1926
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w
Description	Apartment building on Flower St. where Richard Graham, alias C.H. Lettis, was killed after shooting at police officers who came to arrest him. The building faces an empty lot with apartments opening onto porches that extend the length of the building. A few clothing items are hanging out to dry. Children are on the balcony. The photo verso states: "Scene of chase and bullet hail. Here is the yard which Graham crossed and recrossed as a shower of lead from the pursuing officers' guns fell about him. He ran into the yard from his room at Third and Figueroa streets, when an officer waiting to arrest him made a slight noise." Photo dated: Aug. 20, 1926.
Subject	Graham, Richard A. Police shootings--California--Los Angeles. Apartment houses--California--Los Angeles. Urban poor--California--Los Angeles. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection