About

Leo F. Bachman, architect. (B1677)

History:

Real estate agent Gladys Eugenia Kern was stabbed to death here while showing the house in February, 1948. The murderer may be the same person who killed the Black Dahlia Elizabeth Short. (Source: Hodel, Steve, Black Dahlia Avenger, Perennial, 2004 , p. 309.)

1940 Census:
4217 Cromwell Avenue (Value $9,500): 1) Xinia Steinberg, head of household; white single female 51 years of age; born in New York; elementary school teacher; earns $2,400. 2) Lydia Steinberg, mother; white widow 73 years of age; born in Russia; not working.