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Title
Jailer Clem Peoples, prisoner Asa Keyes and Sheriff Frank Cochran at the county jail, Los Angeles, 1930
Date Created and/or Issued
March 11, 1930
1930-03-11
Publication Information
Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information
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
Description
Former district attorney, Asa Keyes (center), convicted of accepting a bribe from the Julian Petroleum Corporation, gets ready to leave the jail for prison. He bids farewell to the jailer, Clem Peoples (left) and is about to leave with Sheriff Frank Cochran, who will escort him to San Quentin prison. Reported in "KEYES LEAVES FOR PRISON, FAMILY PARTING TEARFUL: Ex-Prosecutor Denies Fear That Convicts Will Show Malice; Fight May Still Continue," Nathan, Albert F., Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar 1930: A1.
Handwritten on negative: Frank Cochran, Asa Keyes, Clem Peoples
Text from negative sleeve: Keyes, Asa.
Type
image
Format
b&w glass negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_b3711_G2506
ark:/21198/z1fv4d01
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Prisoners--California--Los Angeles
Jails--California--Los Angeles
Sheriffs--California--Los Angeles
Peoples, Clem, 1888-1967
Keyes, Asa, 1877-1934
Cochran, Frank P. (Frank Peter), 1863-1949
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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