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Death Scenes: A Homicide Detectives Scrapbook Paperback - 2000

by Sean Tejaratchi; Katherine Dunn

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Based on a scrapbook collected by a homicide detective with the LAPD from the 1930s to the 1950s, this work recalls film noir-era crimes such as the "Black Dahlia Mystery" and the "Lipstick Murder", as well as on-site forensic photos, mug shots, and previously unreleased photos from such sensational cases as the Lindbergh baby kidnapping and the Valentine's Day massacre.

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The infamous LAPD archive of crime-scene photography--Los
Angeles noir in its most unfiltered form.



Death Scenes collects the stark black-and-white crime-scene photographs taken
by LAPD detective Jack Huddleston across Southern California during the
mid-twentieth century. Originally created as investigative reference material by LAPD detective Jack Huddleston,
these images document homicide scenes, interiors, streets, and anonymous lives
at the moment when police first encountered them--capturing a raw visual record
of Los Angeles during its noir era.

Edited by Sean Tejaratchi and the late novelist Katherine
Dunn, this volume presents the photographs within a broader context of police
documentation, forensic culture, and urban history. The images--often stark,
unsettling, and historically revealing--show not only the mechanics of crime
investigation but also the social landscape of postwar Southern California.
Since its publication, Death Scenes has become one of the most widely
recognized books of archival crime photography and a touchstone for later volumes
exploring similar material.

Long out of conventional circulation and frequently
discussed among collectors, photographers, and true-crime readers, the book
stands as both a visual document of police work and a record of Los Angeles's
darker historical reality. It continues to attract readers interested in crime
history, forensic photography, and twentieth-century urban culture.

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  • Title Death Scenes: A Homicide Detectives Scrapbook
  • Author Sean Tejaratchi; Katherine Dunn
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 168
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Feral House, Portland, OR
  • Publication date 2000-04-01
  • ISBN 9780922915293 / 0922915296
  • Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.03 x 10.08 x 0.49 in (20.40 x 25.60 x 1.24 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Western U.S.
    • Geographic Orientation: California
  • Category True Crime / Espionage
  • Library of Congress subjects Murder, Murder victims
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 98182780
  • Dewey Decimal Code 364
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Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.: Feral House, 1996. First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Experience unnatural death in all its black & white goriness in this book packed with real crime scene photographs of death from the files of Jack Huddleston, a police detective in Los Angeles, California, from the 1920s-1950s. Sometimes gruesome, sad, shocking, or mundane, the photos reveal the myriad ways that people did away with each other in the mid-20th century urban landscape. Great for true crime buffs, these are primarily unknown cases, with some noted ones included (the Black Dahlia, Winnie Ruth Judd, & more), but NOT for children or the faint of heart!!! A FIRST EDITION, later (14th) printing from 1996, this oblong softcover in 167 pages is in Fine condition: just a tad less bright & clean & crisp as Brand New! Pages white & unmarked, edges sharp & uncreased. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of… Read more
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