US UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-2473
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Walter E. Scott, or "Death Valley Scotty," was a prospector, performer, and con man, who was made famous by his many scams involving gold mining and the iconic mansion in Death Valley, popularly known as Scotty's Castle. Walter E. Scott, or "Death Valley Scotty" and Louis Schwabee (?), seated at a desk inan office Text from negative sleeve: Scott, Walter. death valley scotty Handwritten on negative: Walter Scott. Souis Schwabee [?]
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_2850 ark:/21198/zz002ckq1x
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Swindlers--California--Death Valley People Scott, Walter E., 1872-1954
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