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Title
Actress Dorothy Mackaye sentenced to prison, Los Angeles, 1927
Date Created and/or Issued
1927
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 Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Dorothy Mackaye sits with her legs crossed in a chair. She appears to be wearing a women's prison uniform.
In 1928, Mackaye was sentenced to one-to-three years at San Quentin State Prison.
Text from negative sleeve: MacKaye, Dorothy murder 1927
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_6174
ark:/21198/zz002cwbhw
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Actresses--American--California--Los Angeles
Mackaye, Dorothy
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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