Image / George Christensen smoking a cigarette in jail, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: George Christensen smoking a cigarette in jail, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: July 18, 1935
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.
Text from newspaper caption: George Christensen.
Text from negative sleeve: 1277—Geo. Christensen, Gangster 7/17/35, [Stamped:] JUL 22 1935.
Handwritten on negative: Ge. Christensen 7/17/35.
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_7672
ark:/21198/zz002dfddw
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Cigarettes
Jails--California--Los Angeles
Criminals--California--Los Angeles
Prisoners--California--Los Angeles
Christensen, George, b. 1916
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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