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Title
Margaret Fontaine Porter charged for aiding bank robbery, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued
February 7, 1935
1935-02-07
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 Arcadia funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Porter (center) at the police station with Officer Wells behind her. An unidentified man holds the door open for them both.
This photograph is likely related to the article, “Woman Held in Gang Quiz,” Los Angeles Times, 08 Feb 1935: A2.
Handwritten on negative: Policewoman Wells in rear + Margaret Fontaine Porter 2-7-35
Text from negative sleeve: Porter, Margaret Fontaine Robbery, 1935
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7210
ark:/21198/zz002cxk7k
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Criminal investigations--California--Los Angeles
Police--California--Los Angeles
Wells, Alice S., 1873-1957
Porter, Margaret Fontaine
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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