Title supplied by cataloger. Young women from 38th Street stand in a lineup following a police dragnet which resulted in multiple arrests. Pictured from left to right: Betty Ziess, Ann Kalustian, Frances Silva, unknown, Lorena Encinas, Dora Barrios, Josefina "Josephine" Gonzales, and Juanita "Jennie" Gonzales. Photograph dated August 5, 1942. Written the verso is "Mexican gangsterettes in show up."
Ziess, Betty Kalustian, Ann Silva, Frances Encinas, Lorena Barrios, Dora Gonzales, Josefina Gonzales, Juanita Mexican Americans--California--Los Angeles Murder--California--Los Angeles Gangs--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Sleepy Lagoon Trial, Los Angeles, Calif., 1942-1943 Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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