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Reporter Vern Partlow and Joseph Epstein looking at "Canterbury Tales" book, deemed obscene, circa 1946

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Title: Reporter Vern Partlow and Joseph Epstein looking at "Canterbury Tales" book, deemed obscene, circa 1946
Date Created and/or Issued: circa 1946
1941/1951
Publication Information: Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information: US
Description: Vern Partlow was an American newspaper reporter and folk singer who was blacklisted during the McCarthy era. He composed the popular satirical song "Old Man Atom," which was famously banned during the period.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz0002qpjh
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Reporters--American--California--Los Angeles
Prohibited books--California--Los Angeles County
Newspaper employees--California--Los Angeles
Media
People
Los Angeles Daily News (firm) employees
Partlow, Vern, 1910-1981
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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