Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Related to "Federal Legal Battery Prepares Case," Los Angeles Times, 06 Nov 1934: A1. Portrait photograph of Joseph B. Keenan sitting in the three piece suit. His left arm rests on a table. A wall calendar hangs behind him. Joseph B. Keenan was made the Special Assistant to Attorney General Homer Stilile Cummings in 1933 and the Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1934. Joseph B. Keenan came to Los Angeles to assist US Attorney Peirson Hall in prosecuting a case of conspiracy to defraud the government. Text accompanying photograph in article: With the arrival of L. R. Joseph B. Keenan, dispatched here from Washington, local Federal prosecutors went into a legal huddle behind closed doors yesterday. Here is an inside peek at the attorney array. Left to right: Keenan, Pearson Hall [i.e. Pierson Hall], Ernest R. Utley and William Fleet Palmer. Text on negative sleeve: Keenan, Joseph B. Asst Atty Gen 1935 Handwritten on negative: Joseph B. Keenan.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_5484 ark:/21198/zz002cvhqz
Language
English
Subject
Government officials--American Trials (Conspiracy)--California--Los Angeles Lawyers Keenan, Joseph Berry, 1888-1954
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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