Dr. Frank E. Hoecker

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20040895

Description

Doctor Frank E. Hoecker is a radium sleuth. He is searching for the radium that was lost from a local doctor's office last January 31st. Doctor Hoecker is using a Lauritsen electrometer to search a barrel of trash in the basement of the Medical Arts Building. He isn't pleased with the results as the highly sensitive device failed to reveal the presence of radium int he barrel or the immediate vicinity. The missing radium is worth an estimated $3,000. Doctor Hoecker is dressed in a dark, pinstripe suit. Published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram morning edition, February 3, 1940.

Archival Date

1940-02-02

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-1099

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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Subjects

Hoecker, Frank E. (Dr.); Radium; Barrels; Instruments; Electrometer; Physicians