Image / Kidnapped dog Kimo and his rightful owner Irene Mighell, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Kidnapped dog Kimo and his rightful owner Irene Mighell, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: September 4, 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.
Irene sits on a sofa holding Kimo, a dog with fluffy white fur and pointed ears, above her.
George White and Irven Rosenberg are charged with grand theft of Kimo, the American Eskimo dog owned by J. E. and Irene Mighell. Kimo is a $1000 canine film player being trained for show purposes and is now evidence in the case against Rosenberg and White.
Similar photograph appears with the article, "Dog Labeled Evidence in Theft Trial of Pair," Los Angeles Times, 05 Sep 1935: A3.
Text from negative sleeve: 1912 - Irene Mighell - dog - "Kimo" Stolen dog 8/28/35 [stamped:] Sep 4- 1935
Handwritten on negative: 131 131 Irene Mighell- dog - "Kimo" 8/28/35
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_8222
ark:/21198/zz002dg2c0
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Dogs--California--Los Angeles
Evidence (law)
Law & legal affairs--California--Los Angeles
Entertainers--California--Los Angeles
American Eskimo dog
Mighell, Irene
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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