Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. 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. 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. Photograph appears with the article, "Grand Jury Makes Jail Inspection," Los Angeles Times, 09 Mar 1935: A1. Handwritten on negative: George Rochester Text from negative sleeve: ROCHESTER, GEORGE nitrate negs (no [illegible] print.) [stamped:] 1932 Text from newspaper caption: Jailer Clem Peoples illustrates how County Jail works to George Rochester, foreman of grand jury.
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Image
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_2577 ark:/21198/zz002dccdh
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No linguistic content
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Keys (Hardware) Jails--California--Los Angeles County Cigars Law enforcement officers--California--Los Angeles County Uniforms Rochester, George, $1899-1984 Peoples, Clem, 1888-1967
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