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Title
Portrait of 14-year-old Mildred Douglas, reported missing, Los Angeles, January 1940
Date Created and/or Issued
January 1940
1940-01
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.
14-year-old Mildred Douglas, who, along with friend Donna (or Zelia K.) Thompson, was reported missing. A young girl reported seeing them get into a car with 31-year-old H. B. Millard. When called in for questioning Millard testified that he did pick up Douglas and Thompson but dropped them off when he realized how young they were. Millard reported that the girls told him they were running away from home. Girls fitting the description of Douglas and Thompson were seen in an Ontario auto camp one day later.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Douglas, Mildred
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
ark:/21198/zz002807g1
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Girls--California--Los Angeles
Runaways--California--Los Angeles
Missing persons--California--Los Angeles
Crime
Teenagers
Douglas, Mildred
Source
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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