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 Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. From left to right, Jack Wilmot and C. E. Pealer, Deputy Sheriff officers, stand and look to the camera. They are viewed from the knees up and stand side-by-side at center. Officer Wilmot wears a necktie and holds a white had in one hand. Beside him, Officer Pealer dons a bow tie and holds a pair of handcuffs in his hand. A car sits behind them and extends out-of-frame at left. The exterior of a building stretches across the background. This photograph appears with the article, "Second Convict Near Death After Trio Shot Down Trying to Flee From Guards: FELONS ATTACK GUARDS IN AUTO Men Attempt to Strangle Deputy Sheriffs One Officer Wounds Two; Pal Kills Other Fight Occurs En Route to Long Beach Court," Los Angeles Times, 16 Jul. 1932: A2 Text from negative sleeve: WILMOT, JACK MURDER CASE 1932 Text from newspaper caption: Desperate Felon Meets Death. Three convicts (above) shot in attempt to escape from deputy sheriffs, shown below. [Los Angeles Times, 16 Jul. 1932: A2 Handwritten on negative: L to R Jack Wilmot + C. E. Pealer
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_4486 ark:/21198/zz002cq92f
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Police--California--Los Angeles Wilmot, Jack Pealer, Clarence Earl, 1896-1985 Los Angeles County (Calif.). Sheriff’s Department
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