Image / Charles Johnston before his sentencing hearing, Los Angeles, 1934

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Title: Charles Johnston before his sentencing hearing, Los Angeles, 1934
Date Created and/or Issued: June 18, 1934
1934-06-18
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 of Charles Johnston before his sentencing hearing for the murder of his fiancé Dorothy Smith.
A different photograph of Charles Johnston on the same occasion appears with the article: "Life Term for Slayer: Johnston Hears Sentence," Los Angeles Times, 19 Jun. 1934: A5.
Text on negative sleeve: Johnston, Charles Murder Case
Handwritten Chas. E. Johnston
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_5251
ark:/21198/zz002cv7pk
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Johnston, Charles, b. 1911 or 12
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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