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. Picture of two photographs: First one shows a little boy sitting on stair steps, and the bottom one shows a man in a hat. Text from negative sleeve: 1053 - [stamp] JUL ??, 1935. copy of pix of Robert Thomas.Robert Thomas Case. Handwritten on negative: "What a big boy am I", Los Angeles, 5-10-10... Had a great time. Sunday 5-15-10...Robert Thomas In July 1935, Robert E. Thomas, an actor, claimed that he was the cast-off son of May Yohe and Putnam Bradley Strong, who was wealthy and socially prominent. Thomas had been adopted by E. R. Thomas, an apartment manager in Hollywood.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7365 ark:/21198/zz002df1ts
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Children--California--Los Angeles Investigation--California--Los Angeles Actions & defenses--California--Los Angeles Thomas, Robert E. b. 1908
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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