"Tropic" defendant Bradley Smith, left, confers with attorney
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Hyde, Alan
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
Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated February 7, 1962 reads "Mark Tumbleson, Encino, argues obscenity case in Municipal Court." The article partially reads "Hollywood bookseller Bradley Smith returned to the witness chair today to defend his sale of Henry Miller's 'Tropic of Cancer.' Smith testified Tuesday he did not consider the controversial book obscene when he sold a copy to a plainclothes policeman last Oct. 9 at his 6707 Hollywood Blvd. store.'"
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Men--California--Los Angeles Booksellers and bookselling--California--Los Angeles Businessmen--California--Los Angeles Lawyers--California--Los Angeles Censorship--California--Los Angeles Trials (Obscenity)--California--Los Angeles Obscenity (Law)--California--Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Group portraits Valley Times Collection photographs
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