Unknown American
Dr. Alice Wynekoop Faces Accusers at Inquest

Dr. Alice Wynekoop Faces Accusers at Inquest

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Dr. Alice Wynekoop Faces Accusers at Inquest
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Dr. Alice Wynekoop Faces Accusers at Inquest
Date1934
PlaceChicago, Illinois, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 9/16 × 8 7/16 in. (16.7 × 21.4 cm)
Sheet: 7 × 9 1/16 in. (17.8 × 23 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.2560
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceAntiquarian book dealer, Lyon; Galerie Priska Pasquer, Cologne; bought by Manfred Heiting from Galerie Priska Pasquer, 6/11/1994
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped in black ink, verso, center: Note to Editors: NOV 24 1933 // Under each reproduction of this picture must // be carried the [illegible] // “ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO” // This photo may not be syndicated, rented or // loaned nor used for advertising purposes. // The Associated Press

Stamped in red ink, verso, center overtop or underneath black stamp: [Associated Press Photo, Paris copyright]

Typewritten in black ink, applied paper on print verso: DR. WYNEKOOP FACES ACCUSERS AT INQUEST. // // DR. ALICE WYNEKOOP, CONFESSED SLAYER OF MAS. // RHETA GARDNER WYNEKOOP, IS SHOWN HERE IN FOUR // CHARACTERISTIC POSES AS SHE APPEARED AT THE // CONCLUSION OF THE INQUEST NOV. 24 INTO THE // DEATH OF HER DAUGHTER-IN-LAW. ACROSS THE PANEL // HERE THE CONFESSED SLAYER IS SHOWN IN VARIOUS // MOODS: FIRST IS THE CALM HEAD-ON STARE WITH WH- // ICH SHE GREETED QUESTIONERS. NEXT AS SHE TURNED // FOR A WORD WITH HER ATTORNEY. THEN AS SHE BURIED // HER FACE IN HER HANDS AS SHE COMPLAINED OF BEING // TIRED AND AT THE EXTREME RIGHT AS SHE HEARD THE // JURY BRING IN A VERDICT RECOMMENDING THAT SHE // BE HELD FOR THE SLAYING. // JEC--CX 11—24--33 FS REN HON PI.

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