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Title
George Christensen smoking a cigarette in jail, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued
July 18, 1935
1935-07-18
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.
This photograph appears with the article, “Paroled Pair’s Deadly Weapon,” Los Angeles Times, 18 Jul. 1935: A2.
Handwritten on negative: Ge. Christensen 7/17/35.
Text from negative sleeve: 1277—Geo. Christensen, Gangster 7/17/35, [Stamped:] JUL 22 1935.
Text from newspaper caption: George Christensen.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7672
ark:/21198/zz002dfddw
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Cigarettes
Prisoners--California--Los Angeles
Criminals--California--Los Angeles
Jails--California--Los Angeles
Christensen, George, b. 1916
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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