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Miss Lilian "Lalla" Vennum, at home, shows cross "branded" on her arm, Los Angeles, 1926

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Title: Miss Lilian "Lalla" Vennum, at home, shows cross "branded" on her arm, Los Angeles, 1926
Date Created and/or Issued: January 28, 1926
1926-01-28
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.
Related to Los Angeles Times article, "Seek Clew In Girl Branding; Police Hunt Hooded Pair of Mutilators; Fiery Cross Burned Into Flesh of Arm; K.K.K. Warnings Followed by Attack." 29 Jan., 1926: A10.
Miss Lilian "Lalla" Vennum shows cross "branded" on her arm during an attack linked to the K.K.K. and her ex-boyfriend.
Handwritten on negative: Miss Lalla Vennum
Text from negative sleeve: Vennum, Mrs. Lalla
Text from newspaper caption: Victim and Her Mother, Above -- Miss Lolia [sic] Vennum and below, Mrs. Vennum.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_4216
ark:/21198/zz002cpzrh
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Crimes--California--Los Angeles
Vennum, Lillian, b. 1906 or 07
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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