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Title: Confessed murderer Ayako Kanda in court, Los Angeles, 1932
Date Created and/or Issued: September 1, 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.
A different photograph of Ayako Kanda taken on the same occasion appears with the article, "Jury Convicts Woman Slayer: Japanese Mother Faces Life Term in Prison," Los Angeles Times, 2 Sept. 1932: A1.
Japanese woman, Ayako Kanda (referred to by Los Angeles Times as both Ayaka and Ayako), with her head slumped in court as she is sentenced to life in prison for her role in the murder of her daughter.
Text on negative sleeve: Kanda, Ayaka[sic] Mrs. Murder Case 1932
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_5290
ark:/21198/zz002cv91q
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Kanda, Ayako, b. 1901 or 02
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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