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H. Newkirk Wheeler, convicted of mail fraud for selling fake land grants, Los Angeles, 1933

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Title: H. Newkirk Wheeler, convicted of mail fraud for selling fake land grants, Los Angeles, 1933
Date Created and/or Issued: 1933
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.
Portrait photograph of H. Newkirk Wheeler, seated and wearing a denim jacket. Wheeler was convicted mail fraud and sentenced for five years for selling land grants for property he did not own.
Text from negative sleeve: Wheeler, H. N., 1933
Handwritten on negative: H N Wheeler
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_4327
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Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Criminals--California--Los Angeles
Wheeler, H. Newkirk (Hal Newkirk), 1892-1935
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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