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Mrs. Ruth Edwards

Mrs. Ruth Edwards


Mrs. Ruth Edwards, sitting with her toddler son Leontine on her lap, in the East Chicago Avenue police station

Chicago Daily News, Inc., photographer.

Created/Published
1916 Feb. 19.

Summary
Group portrait of Mrs. Ruth Edwards, sitting with her toddler son Leontine on her lap, in the East Chicago Avenue police station in Chicago, Illinois. Edwards was accused trying to kill her baby.

Notes
This photonegative taken by a Chicago Daily News photographer was published in the newspaper on February 19, 1916.

Cite as: DN-0065776, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society.
Reproduction Number: DN-0065776
Digital ID: ichicdn n065776

        

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