Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Related to the article “Man Rules at Tehachapi, New State Women’s Prison is No Adamless Eden; Comfort Feature of Luxurious Institution.” Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 1933: A1. The article states: … Yet neither is Uriah A. Smith, deputy warden at the institution, happy … at the gates, between two rows of fences, Archie Thornton, six feet, three inches in height, stands on guard … He isn’t happy either. … Two men, possibly Deputy Warden Uriah A. Smith and guard Archie Thornton, in suits and ties, shorter man on left wearing hat, both standing near 2 wooden doors in brick building Text from nitrate negative sleeve: California, Tehachipi, Womens prison, 1933
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
0856 uclamss_1429_0856 ark:/21198/zz002db6n8
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Subject
Women's prisons--California--Tehachapi California Institution for Women (Tehachapi, Calif.) Thornton, Archie Clement, 1894-1978 Smith, Uriah Absalom, 1875-1956
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