Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. The 24-year-old Santa Barbara woman is one of the few woman in the nation to hold such a position. Story related to photograph appears with the article, "Deputy Job Given Girl By Marshal," Los Angeles Times, 03 July 1935: A1. The man faces the bars of a jail cell, Betty holding one of his sleeves with her hand and holding one end of a pair of handcuffs attached to his wrist with the other hand. Her marshal's badge is pinned to the front of her sweater. Text from negative sleeve: 1107- Betty Kay Smith First Woman U.S. Marshall 7/2/35 [stamped:] Jul 17 1935 Handwritten on negative: Betty Kay Smith 7/2/35 Text from newspaper caption: FIRST WOMAN DEPUTY MARSHAL Here is Betty Kay Smith, first woman United States Deputy Marshal ever appointed in the Los Angeles district. She is shown demonstrating how she would handle prisoner in her custody.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7427 ark:/21198/zz002df3zt
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Firearms Law enforcement officers--California--Los Angeles Smith, Betty Kay, b. 1911 or 12
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