Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Murder suspect Gladys Carter seated at desk in office setting with Los Angeles County Jail matron Vada Sullivan. Carter looks on as Sullivan fills out form. The photograph may have been taken on April 25, 1935, when Carter was taken from Los Angeles General Hospital to Los Angeles Municipal Court, where she was arraigned for the murder of Frances Walker and ordered to be held at Los Angeles County Jail. Possibly related to the article, "Trial Ordered: Former Deputy's Wife Arraigned in Murder Case," Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 1935: A3. Text from negative sleeve: Carter, Gladys Mrs., murder case, 1935. Handwritten on negative: Gladys Carter, Vada Sullivan.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_1493 ark:/21198/zz002dbzmc
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Paperwork Murder--Investigation--California--Los Angeles County Jails--Officials and employees--California--Los Angeles County Sullivan, Vada C., b. 1888 or 9 Carter, Gladys Beatrice (Gladys Wynne), 1906-1995
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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