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Title
Courtroom scene at Madalynne Obenchain trial, Los Angeles, ca. 1921
Date Created and/or Issued
[circa 1921]
1921
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
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
An unidentified man stands and reads from a book, with three others seated beside him at the table.
Madalynne Obenchain was tried and acquitted for the murder of J. Belton Kennedy.
Text from negative sleeve: Obenchain, Madeline [handwritten:] Obenchain, Madalynne
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_6813
ark:/21198/zz002cx3jg
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Trials (Murder)--California--Los Angeles
Courtrooms--California--Los Angeles
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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