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Title
Ruth Smith, mother of kidnaped baby, San Bernardino or San Francisco, 1930
Date Created and/or Issued
1930
Publication Information
Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information
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) 825-4988
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Connected to Los Angeles Times article, July 4, 1930, Fight Made to Win Back Sold Infant, Mother Given Kidnaping Warrant Against Woman Who Bought Baby. San Francisco, July 3. (Exclusive.) … Mrs. Ruth Smith of this city was granted a kidnaping warrant against Mrs. Bertha Higdon … to whom Mrs. Smith asserted she sold her baby on the day of its birth … Mrs. Smith charges Mrs. Higdon bought the child to deceive her husband … A second warrant was issued for Mrs. Higdon’s sister, Miss Gladys Hatfield … Mrs. Smith declared she was misled into believing Miss Hatfield intended adopting the baby legally …
This image is duplicated in filmstrip negative uclamss_1429_2942
Ruth Smith, in dark dress and hat, holding small bottle to nose, seated behind railing between woman and man
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Smith, Ruth E. Mrs., kidnap case, 1930
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
2940
uclamss_1429_2940
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Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Kidnappings--California
Legal
Crime
Smith, Ruth, b. 1910 or 11
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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