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Jailer Clem Peoples, prisoner Asa Keyes and Sheriff Frank Cochran at the county jail, Los Angeles, 1930

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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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