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Title
Man who wed nine held for bigamy
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection;
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1957
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Description
Photograph caption dated October 23, 1957 reads, "Charged with bigamy - Clifford Earl Burton, 32, right, who police say married at least nine women without bothering to divorce the others, confers with attorney in Van Nuys Municipal Court where he appeared for preliminary hearing on bigamy and statutory criminal attack charges." See image 00155259 for additional photo in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print : b&w ; 20 x 16 cm.
Identifier
00155258
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_ d059_ f13_ i40
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/128945
Subject
Van Nuys Municipal Court
Arraignment
Bigamy
Courtrooms
Suspicion
Attorney and client
Husbands
Crime
Arrest
Men
Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Time Period
1951-1960

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