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Vada Sullivan, Isobel Steele, and Sheriff Gene Biscailuz at the County Jail, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Vada Sullivan, Isobel Steele, and Sheriff Gene Biscailuz at the County Jail, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: October 11, 1935
1935-10-11
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.
From left to right: Chief jail matron Vada Sullivan, Isobel Steele, Sheriff Gene Biscailuz. Steele smiles from behind bars.
Isobel Steele received publicity after she was confined in a German prison while studying abroad after graduating from Occidental College. Steele was accused of being a spy and was held for three months.
Handwritten on negative: L to R - Mrs. Vada Sullivan - Isobel Stelle, Sheriff Gene Biscailuz - 10-11-35
Text from negative sleeve: 2413 - Mrs. Vada Sullivan, Sheriff Gene Biscailuz, Isobel Stelle 10-11-35 County Jail Inspection Tour
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_8850
ark:/21198/zz002dgt1f
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Sheriffs--California--Los Angeles
Jails--California--Los Angeles
Sullivan, Vada C., b. 1888 or 9
Steele, Isobel
Biscailuz, Eugene W., 1883-1969
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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