Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Story related to photograph appears with the article, "Rocks Sold As Medicine," Los Angeles Times, 27 July 1935: A12. 60-year-old retired lawyer Milton Shepardson has been found guilty of practicing medicine without a license, even though Shepardson contends that he is only a miner and rock salesman, offering through his rocks cures for various ailments. Judge Curtis has indicated that Shepardson's sentence will include probation since no one has been harmed by the treatment. Shepardson is a man with white hair and circular spectacles. He holds in each hand an oddly shaped rock. Text from negative sleeve: 1334 - Milton Shepardson 7/26/35 arrested for Practising Medicine Without a License [stamped:] Aug 8_1935 Handwritten on negative: Milton Shepardson - 7/26/35
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_7809 ark:/21198/zz002dfk45
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Subject
Rocks--California--Los Angeles Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles Sales personnel--California--Los Angeles Flags--American Shepardson, Milton, b. 1875
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