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Title: Wanted-Felony : assault with a deadly weapon, Tony Wester, a negro
Creator: Tulare County Sheriff's Office, Bureau of Identification
Contributor: Turner, Steve (Art dealer)
Date Created and/or Issued: 1927
Contributing Institution: UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives
Collection: Steve Turner Collection of African-Americana
Rights Information: Public domain
Constraint(s) on Use: This work may be used without prior permission.
Use: This work is available from the UC San Diego Library. This digital copy of the work is intended to support research, teaching, and private study.
Description: Wanted circular issued Aug. 3, 1927, detailing four crimes committed in Tulare County California. The first description uses pejorative language to refer to an African American suspect wanted for assault. Includes a photograph of man (Tony Wester) pulling a large cart
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca)
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"Bureau of Identification, Visalia, Calif. Circular No. 335"--At head of sheet
Stolen: Miscellaneous, 2 watches and dental supplies, including gold plates. 500 turkeys stolen: $100 Reward
"R. L. Hill / Sheriff Tulare County / Visalia, Calif."--At bottom right of sheet
Visalia, Calif. :, Tulare County Sheriff's Office, Bureau of Identification
Type: text
Format: 1 sheet (1 page) : illustration ; 28 x 21 cm
Identifier: ark:/20775/bb8882330p
Language: English
Subject: Suspects (Criminal investigation)
African American criminals
Wanted posters
Posters
Specimens
Ephemera
Portraits
Visalia (Calif.)
Gibson, John, 1896 or 1897-
Place: Visalia (Calif.)

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