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Justice John W. Preston of the State Supreme Court and US Attorney Peirson M. Hall, both involved in the Elk Hills oil field case, 1935

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Title: Justice John W. Preston of the State Supreme Court and US Attorney Peirson M. Hall, both involved in the Elk Hills oil field case, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: July 19, 1935
1935-07-19
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 Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Justice John W. Preston of the State Supreme Court and US Attorney for the Southern District of California Peirson M. Hall stand next to each other. Hall is smiling to someone off the left side of the picture. Preston is facing the camera and smiling slightly.
Peirson Hall is misspelled on the negative sleeve as Pierson Hall.
Related to "Federal Oil Suit Mapped: Involves Up to $50,000,000," Los Angeles Times, 20 Jul 1935: A1.
Handwritten on negative: L2R Justice John W Preston; US Atty Peirson Hall 7-19-35
Handwritten on negative sleeve: 1360. Justice John W. Preston; US Atty Pierson Hall; Standard Oil Hearing 7-20-35 [stamped:] Jul 31 1935
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_7869
ark:/21198/zz002dfn65
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Oil industries
Law & legal affairs--California
Lawyers--California--Los Angeles
Petroleum industry and trade--United States
Judges--California
Hall, Peirson M. (Peirson Mitchell), 1894-1979
Preston, John White, 1877-1958
Source: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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