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Title
Sidney T. Graves in jail, Los Angeles, 1933
Date Created and/or Issued
[between Jan. 1933 - Apr. 1933]
1933-01/1933-04
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.
Sidney T. Graves was a member of the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors who was indicted for bribery and sentenced to one to fourteen years in prison. As reported in the Los Angeles Times, Apr. 6, 1933: A1.
Photograph of Sidney T. Graves standing in a corridor with tiled walls and a jail cell door. A sign behind him reads "Attorneys and others having business in the attorney's room must make their business known to the Deputy Jailer or Deputies on the floor, then take a seat at the visiting table. These instructions must be adhered to. By Order Clem Peoples Jailer."
Handwritten on negative: Sidney Graves
Text on negative sleeve: Graves, Sidney T.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_5019
ark:/21198/zz002ctzp8
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Bribery--California--Los Angeles
Graves, Sidney T. (Sidney Thomas), 1882-1958
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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