Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. A photograph of Sidney T. Graves as he awaited transfer from the Los Angeles County Jail to San Quentin Penitentiary. Graves was convicted of bribery a year before, after accepting a sum of $80,000 in connection with the high San Gabriel dam project. At that time, Graves had been a county Supervisor. He was sentenced to one to fourteen years imprisonment for his crime.The other men in the photo are unidentified. Graves is seated, right. Text from original nitrate sleeve: Graves, Sidney T.; Cappell, Jack.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
ark:/21198/zz002544fm
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
People Bribery--California--Los Angeles Criminals--California--Los Angeles Crime Graves, Sidney T. (Sidney Thomas), 1882-1958
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