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Photograph caption dated April 15, 1957 reads, "Trusties present gift to jailer - Roy Tilden, right, jailer at Van Nuys receives model of covered wagon made by Ira Stewart, left, and Melvin Morris, center. Stewart and Morris, both doing 90 days for being drunk, wanted to show their appreciation for Tilden's kindness."
Van Nuys Municipal Court Drunkenness (Crime) Prison guards Prisoners Prisons Jails Gifts Men Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Group portraits
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