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H. B. Dierke talks about undercover work for Board of Liquor Control at hearing, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: H. B. Dierke talks about undercover work for Board of Liquor Control at hearing, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: July, 1935
1935-07
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Dierke sits at the head of a table in a crowded courtroom.
A different photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the article, "Night Club Men Facing New Charge," Los Angeles Times, 13 July 1935: 1.
Dierke has been acting undercover for Captain Bert Massey, administrator of the Board of Liquor Control, with the two different names "Ellis" and "Quinn".
Handwritten on negative: H. B. Dierkes (center) at stand
Text from negative sleeve: 1057-- H. B. Dierkes Liquor Hearing [stamped:] AUG 8- 1935
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_7367
ark:/21198/zz002df1wt
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Courtrooms--California--Los Angeles
Temperance--California--Los Angeles County
Dierke, H. B
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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