Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Adeline Shorb, upon release from Lincoln Heights jail for using a fictitious name, Anna Shorb, to obtain relief from the Los Angeles County Relief Administration. She used a former name because she was too ashamed to make her poverty public knowledge. The Lincoln Heights jail building is located at 421 North Avenue 19. Related to Los Angeles Times article, “Hidden Identity Revealed: Mrs. Shorb Sixteen Days in Cell for Violation of Relief Regulation,"16 Aug. 1935: A1. Handwritten on negative: Anna Shorb. 8/15/35. Text from negative sleeve: 1691. Anna [sic] Shorb. S.E.R.A. Fraud. 8/15/35. [stamped:] Aug 22 1935.
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image
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_10054 ark:/21198/zz002ddt43
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No linguistic content
Subject
Assistance--California--Los Angeles Shorb, Adeline, 1888-1956
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