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Elliot B. Thomas and his wife Olive Thomas await his trial, Los Angeles, 1932

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Title: Elliot B. Thomas and his wife Olive Thomas await his trial, Los Angeles, 1932
Date Created and/or Issued: November 1932
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.
Photograph appears with the article, "Thomas Enters Plea of Guilty," Los Angeles Times, 03 Nov 1932: A5.
Thomas is pleading guilty to two accounts of forgery. Three weeks ago Thomas disappeared from his home in Redondo Beach after he wrecked his office in an attempt to convince police that he had been kidnapped by burglars. He was traced to Seattle, found under the false name E.T. Sherwood, and was attempting to marry another woman. He returned to Los Angeles after being found.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas sit beside each other in separate chairs. Olive has her folded hands in her lap while Mr. Thomas rests one arm on the arm of the chair.
Handwritten on negative: Elliott Thomas + Mrs.
Text from negative sleeve: THOMAS, ELLIOTT B. KIDNAP CASE, [stamped:] 1932
Text from newspaper caption: Elliot B. Thomas
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_3765
ark:/21198/zz002cpf60
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: School superintendents--California--Los Angeles
Forgeries
Law & legal affairs--California--Los Angeles
Spouses--California--Los Angeles
Thomas, Olive Grace, 1901-1956
Thomas, Elliot Boal, b. 1896-1981
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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