Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Seema Matlin is posing next to a window with wired glass. She is wearing a checked dress with a belt and a cardigan. Her right arm is raised and her hand grasps a window bar. Her left arm is bent and her hand rests on her waist. She is smiling at the camera. Seema Matlin was the secretary of the American League Against War and Fascism. She was convicted of distributing anti-war pamphleets, breaking the no handbills law. Related to "Propaganda Term Begun: Woman, Loser in Appeal, Serving Fifteen Days on Handbill Charge," Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep 1935: A10. Handwritten on negative: Seema Matlin 9/19/35 Handwritten on negative sleeve: 2255. Seema Matlin. Red. Passing Handbills. 9-19-35 [stamped:] Sep 2[illegible] 1935
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_8684 ark:/21198/zz002dgm9p
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Crimes--California--Los Angeles Protest movements--California--Los Angeles Windows Communism--California--Los Angeles Matlin, Seema, 1908-2004 American League Against War and Fascism
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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