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Sidney Blair and Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs Frank Dewar and Norris Gilbert Stensland seated at a desk, Los Angeles, 1924

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Title: Sidney Blair and Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs Frank Dewar and Norris Gilbert Stensland seated at a desk, Los Angeles, 1924
Date Created and/or Issued: 1924
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: Sidney Blair (left) is seated next to Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs Frank Dewar (center) and Norris G. Stensland (right). The three men are wearing suits and Mr. Blair is wearing a hat. Mr. Blair appears to be in the middle of being questioned by Mr. Stensland who is writing something down on a notepad. They are in a room that has photographs and rifles in a rack on the wall. Sidney Blair was involved in the McCartney divorce case, where he aided Grant McCartney in framing evidence against his ex-wife. Sidney Blair was indicted on charges of conspiring false evidence and assault. He was sentenced to San Quentin on May 19, 1924. Related to the article "Fear of Gun is Blair Plea," Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 1924: A1.
Handwritten on negative: Left to right - Sydney Blair, Bill Dewar / and W. Stensland
Text from negative sleeve: Blair, Sidney. Divorce & political scandal. 1924
Type: image
Format: b&w glass negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3694_G472
ark:/21198/z1ht8g4f
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Questioning--California--Los Angeles
Sheriffs--California--Los Angeles
Dewar, Frank Duncan, 1883 or 84-1932
Stensland, Norris Gilbert, 1891-1956
Blair, Sydney, b.1898
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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