Image / Policewoman Jean Peirce in tears, Los Angeles, circa December 1935

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Title: Policewoman Jean Peirce in tears, Los Angeles, circa December 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: [December, 1935?]
1935-10/1935-12
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: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Photo related to Peirce’s accidental shooting of Officer Yancey in October 1935. Peirce was put on trial for manslaughter in December 1935 and eventually acquitted.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Peirce, Jean, Mrs.; Sanderson, Leroy E., Det. Lieut.
Handwritten annotation from negative: Mrs. Jean Peirce, 11933
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz00254wxg
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: People
Police--California--Los Angeles
Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Legal
Peirce, Jean
Yancey, Owen D
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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