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Deputy US Marshal John P. Brooke stands in the door of a railway prison car, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Deputy US Marshal John P. Brooke stands in the door of a railway prison car, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: April 8, 1935
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.
Wiley was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison for trafficking stolen and forged Liberty Bonds.
Photograph of Deputy Marshal John P. Brooke standing in the door of the railway prison car prior to transporting attorney Edward E. Wiley to prison.
Related to Los Angeles Times article, "Wiley Off For Prison; Prisoner Under Heavy Guard; Man Convicted of Deal in Stolen Liberty Bonds Considered Dangerous," 9 Apr. 1935: A1.
Text from negative sleeve: Wiley, E. E.Atty., 1933
Handwritten on negative: 4/8/35 US Prison Car Dep. Mar. Brook in door
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_4358
ark:/21198/zz002cq4nt
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Railroad cars--American--California--Los Angeles
Criminal investigations--California
Wiley, Edward E., b. 1888
Brooke, John P. (John Porter), 1884-1950
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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