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Jail matron Vada Sullivan and Isobel Steele at County Jail, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Jail matron Vada Sullivan and Isobel Steele at 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 Arcadia funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
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.
Vada Sullivan, center, stands over Isobel Steele as she recounts her experience to incarcerated women at the County Jail.
Text from negative sleeve: 2413 -- Mrs. Vada Sullivan, Sheriff Gene Biscailuz, Isobel Steele 10-11-35 County Jail Inspection Tour [stamped:] OCT 13 1935
Handwritten on negative: Mrs. Vada Sullivan 10-11-35 Isobel Steele
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_8851
ark:/21198/zz002dgt2z
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Jails--California--Los Angeles
Sullivan, Vada C., b. 1888 or 9
Steele, Isobel
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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