Image / Otis Porter evades reporters after his arrest for robbery, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Otis Porter evades reporters after his arrest for robbery, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: February 7, 1935
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.
Otis Porter (center), charged and convicted of bank robbery, covered his face with his overcoat. He stands beside a holding cell among unidentified police officers and detectives.
This photograph is likely related to the article, “Woman Held in Gang Quiz,” Los Angeles Times, 08 Feb 1935: A2.
Text from negative sleeve: Porter, Margaret Fontaine Robbery, 1935
Handwritten on negative: Otis Porter with head covered 2-7-35
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_7213
ark:/21198/zz002cxkb4
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Criminal investigations--California--Los Angeles
Police stations--California--Los Angeles
Police--California--Los Angeles
Porter, Otis
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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