Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. District Attorney Thomas Lee Woolwine reads over papers that he hold in his left hand, while his right hand points upwards in gesture. This photograph appears in a photocollage feature titles," Thomas Lee Woolwine Loses in Long Battle With Death." Los Angeles Times, 9 Jul. 1925: 8. Handwritten on negative sleeve: Historical. Early L.A. politics. Handwritten on negative: Tom Woolwine. Text from negative sleeve: Woolwine, Thomas Lee. D.A. Text from newspaper caption: The Fighting Spirit That Characterized His Career as a Public Servant is caught in the above poses of Thomas Lee Woolwine, brilliant attorney and former District Attorney of Los Angeles County, who was summoned by death early yesterday afternoon at the end of nearly two years of serious illness. Death followed a relapse of last Saturday from which the weakened man was unable to rally. For eight years and a half as District Attorney, Mr. Woolwine gave his personal attention to practically every case that found its way into his department, and made legal history in California. He was twice a candidate for Governor on the Democratic ticket, and upon his retirement from public life two years ago was one of the most widely known men in the State. (Times Photos.)
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_2474 ark:/21198/zz002dc7v9
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Lawyers--California--Los Angeles Politicians--California--Los Angeles Woolwine, Thomas Lee, 1874-1925
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