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Title
Judge May D. Lahey administering the oath of office to judge Ida May Adams Adam's, Los Angeles, 1931
Date Created and/or Issued
June 30, 1931
1931-06-30
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
Description
Judges May D. Lahey and Ida May Adams posed with right hands raised during Adam's oath of office. Reported, with a similar photo, in "WOMAN SWORN IN AS JUDGE: New Jurist Third of Sex on Bench," Los Angeles Times, 01 July 1931: A10.
Text from negative sleeve: Adams, Ida May. Judge. With Judge May D. Lahey.
Handwritten on negative: Judge Ida May Adams & May D. Lahey
Type
image
Format
b&w glass negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_b3690_G009
ark:/21198/zz0002ncsw
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Judges--California--Los Angeles
Oaths--California--Los Angeles
Adams, Ida May, 1886-1965
Lahey, May D. (May Darlington), 1888-1984
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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