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Mary Bell and Mary Davis, charged with picking pockets, at the courthouse to appear before Judge Blake, Los Angeles, 1926

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Title: Mary Bell and Mary Davis, charged with picking pockets, at the courthouse to appear before Judge Blake, Los Angeles, 1926
Date Created and/or Issued: March 10, 1926
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.
Reported in the article, "Pair of Women Facing Charges as Pickpockets," Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar 1926: A5.
Mary Bell and Mary Davis hide their faces from the camera as they walk in the courthouse beside an unidentified man. They were charged with picking a pocket in a store and they were observed by Sadie Rogers, a department store detective.
Handwritten on negative: Mary Bell (l). Mary Davis (r).
Text from negative sleeve: Bello, Marino [negative is misfiled]
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_1106
ark:/21198/zz002dbh8x
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Pickpockets--California--Los Angeles
Bell, Mary
Davis, Mary
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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