US UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
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Former district attorney Asa Keyes (right) at the Glendale train station after his arrival back home from prison. He had served his sentence for accepting a bribe from the Julian Petroleum Corporation. Fire Commissioner Weiden stands by Keyes' side. Weiden holds a cigar in his hand. A different photograph of Keyes and Weiden taken on the same occasion appears with the article, "Friends Greet Ex-Prosecutor Home From Prison: KEYES DODGING SPOTLIGHT First Dinner With Family His Only Immediate Plan as Many Ask to Buy Autos From Him," Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 1931: A2. Text from negative sleeve: Keyes, Asa. Handwritten on negative: Asa Keyes + Fire Comm. Weiden
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