Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Joseph Lachapelle alegedly struck his daughter after she asked her mother to accompany her to a church dance. Photograph caption dated October 27, 1947 reads "Held on suspicion of child beating." Lachapelle is shown standing in a jail cell with a cigarette in his hand.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Criminals--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Jails--California--Los Angeles Child abuse--California--Los Angeles Smoking--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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