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Title
Chief jail matron Vada Sullivan weighing incarcerated women, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued
September 12, 1935
1935-09-12
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.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Vada Sullivan, right, stands beside a scale while a queue of women wait to get weighed.
Handwritten on negative: L to R - Vada Sullivan and girl prisoners 9-12-35
Text from negative sleeve: 2237--- Vada Sullivan & girl prisoners 9-12-35
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_8665
ark:/21198/zz002dgknc
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Prisoners--California--Los Angeles
Jails--California--Los Angeles
Sullivan, Vada C., b. 1888 or 9
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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