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Title: Mugshot of James "Deep Sea Jimmy" Carter, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: March 22, 1935
1935-03-22
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.
72-year-old James Carter, otherwise known as "Deep Sea Jimmy" is being held on $10, 000 bond for defrauding Herman Bishop of $3500 in a stock deal. Police are searching for three other suspects.
A mug shot of Carter, with categories for describing his forehead and nose descriptions as well as other physical characteristics. Under the tag "Description taken" it says Reagan. April 8th, 1910.
Story related to photograph appears with the article, "Bunko Case Bond Fixed," Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar 1935: A5.
Text from negative sleeve: CARTER, JAMES ALIAS "DEEP SEA JIMMY" 1935
Handwritten on negative: James Carter alias Deepsea Jimmy 3/22/35
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_1495
ark:/21198/zz002dbzpd
Language: English
Subject: Swindlers--California--Los Angeles
Older people--California--Los Angeles
Law & legal affairs--California--Los Angeles
Carter, James, b. 1863 or 64
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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