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James Wilson, identified as escaped prisoner Buster Nichols from State reformatory in Oklahoma, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: James Wilson, identified as escaped prisoner Buster Nichols from State reformatory in Oklahoma, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: July 27, 1935
1935-07-27
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, “Death Case Tied to Man,” Los Angeles Times, 27 Jul. 1935: A3.
The counter at which Buster sits reads the word “Prisoner” in English.
Text from newspaper caption: James Wilson.
Handwritten on negative: James Wilson true name is Buster Nichols wanted in Oaklahoma [sic] 7-26-35.
Text on negative sleeve: 1382—James Wilson, True name is Buster Nichols, wanted in Oaklahoma [sic] for Prison Breaking, 7-26-35. [Stamped:] JUL 31 1935.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_7893
ark:/21198/zz002dfp12
Language: English
No linguistic content
Subject: Fugitives from justice--California--Los Angeles
Prisoners--California--Los Angeles
Nichols, Buster, b. 1914
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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