Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Mother and daughter Mrs. and Miss Joan Claudette of 1429 West Thirty-ninth street have been taken into police custody on the grounds of mail fraud, reportedly writing to men throughout the east and Midwest pretending to be an underprivileged girl with an abusive aunt. Part of her face shielded by a straw hat, Mrs. Claudette sits at a police desk playing with her fingers. The body of another man can be seen, his face cut out by the frame. Similar photograph appears with the article, "Matrimony Fraud Laid to Woman and Daughter," Los Angeles Times, 20 July 1935: A1. Text from negative sleeve: 1339 - Mrs. Joan Claudette + Daughter Miss Joan Claudette who were arrested for running a Matrimony Bureau Racket 7/19/35 [stamped:] Jul 31 1935 Handwritten on negative: Mrs. Joan Claudette 7/19/35
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7812 ark:/21198/zz002dfk7q
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Law & legal affairs--California--Los Angeles Mothers--California--Los Angeles Fraud--California--Los Angeles Claudette, Joan, b. 1894 or 95
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