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Portrait of bootlegger James Reid taken at the time of his trial for the murder of Anne Nerrell, Los Angeles, 1932

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Title: Portrait of bootlegger James Reid taken at the time of his trial for the murder of Anne Nerrell, Los Angeles, 1932
Date Created and/or Issued: 1930
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: Portrait of bootlegger James Reid during the murder trial of his girlfriend, Anne Nerrell. After confessing to the murder, James Reid was convicted, and sentenced to life in prison at San Quentin. A similar photograph apears in "Murder Confession Clears Up Mystery of Woman's Burial Under Floor of Garage.: QUARREL ON BOOTLEGGING CAUSES FATAL BEATING Victim's Child Deceived on Death; Auto License Traces Suspect to Santa Monica House," Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 1932: A3.
Text from negative sleeve: Reid, James. Murder Case.
Handwritten on negative: James A. Reid
Type: image
Format: b&w glass negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3725_G4155
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Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Trials, litigation, etc
Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Courtrooms--California--Los Angeles
Reid, James, b. 1892
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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