US UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. George Rochester grasps the bars of a cell with a cigar between his lips. Clem Peoples stands on the other side of the bars and holds out a large key to Rochester. Members of the county grand jury made an inspection of the County Jail following their regular morning meeting with Captain Clem Peoples showed them around. Photograph appears with the article, "Grand Jury Makes Jail Inspection," Los Angeles Times, 09 Mar 1935: A1. Text from newspaper caption: Jailer Clem Peoples illustrates how County Jail works to George Rochester, foreman of grand jury. Text from negative sleeve: ROCHESTER, GEORGE nitrate negs (no [illegible] print.) [stamped:] 1932 Handwritten on negative: George Rochester
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_2577 ark:/21198/zz002dccdh
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Cigars Law enforcement officers--California--Los Angeles County Uniforms Jails--California--Los Angeles County Keys (Hardware) Peoples, Clem, 1888-1967 Rochester, George
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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