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Title
Newspaper clipping featuring Mata Hari, an exotic dancer, courtesan and alleged spy, Los Angeles
Date Created and/or Issued
[between 1925-1945?]
1925/1945
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.
Newspaper clipping from the N. Y. Evening Graphic featuring a picture of Mata Hari, a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was accused of being a spy for Germany during World War I. Because of this charge, she was executed in France on October 15, 1917. Review of official case documents in 1985 revealed that Mata Hari was most likely innocent. Mata Hari was the stage name for Margaretha Geertruida "Grietje" Zelle
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Hari, Mata
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: [Spies ???]
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
ark:/21198/zz0027zmcx
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Courtesans--California--Los Angeles
Clippings
Spies--California--Los Angeles
Crime
Media
Entertainment
Mata Hari, 1876-1917
New York evening graphic
Source
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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