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Title: Helen M. Werner, once known as "Queen Helen," Los Angeles, 1937
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa February 19, 1937]
1937-02-19
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.
Helen M. Werner with her husband, former district attorney Erwin P. Werner. Helen Werner, once known as "Queen Helen" due to her political power, was charged with solicitation of a bribe. This was her second trial, as her first ended with a hung jury.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Helen M. Werner
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: "Queen Helen"- Helen M. Werner
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz00288fdg
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: People
Politicians--California--Los Angeles
Werner, Helen W., 1887-1947
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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