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Title: Leontine Johnson beginning her prison sentence for extortion, Los Angeles, 1932
Date Created and/or Issued: July 18, 1932
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.
This photograph appears with the article, "Pair Paying for Extortion Attempt: Lavine Begins Jail Sentence," Los Angeles Times, 19 Jul. 1932: A2.
Leontine Johnson (left) being recorded into prison by Jail Matron Wasserman.
Handwritten on negative: Leontine Johnson + Matron Wasserman
Text from newspaper caption: Ready for stay behind bars: Below- Leontine Johnson recorded as a prisoner by Jail Matron Wasserman in the women's quarters.
Text from negative sleeve: Johnson, Leontine Oil Co. Case 1930.
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_5239
ark:/21198/zz002cv78c
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Criminal investigations--California--Los Angeles
Jails--California--Los Angeles
Extortion--California--Los Angeles
Johnson, Leontine
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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