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Lolita Mae Reid and Ramona Clausen run away from their home in San Francisco to Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Lolita Mae Reid and Ramona Clausen run away from their home in San Francisco to Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: October 3, 1935
1935-10-03
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.
Lolita and Ramona came to Los Angeles all the way from San Francisco to find work, where they picked up a ride from John E. White. The two were found sleeping in his car and White was taken into police custody pending an investigation. The girls profess that they like Los Angeles so much that if they are sent home they will just run away again.
Lolita holds Ramona's hand as the girls pose for the camera.
Story related to photograph appears with the article, "Two Runaway Girls Say They Will Do It Again," Los Angeles Times, 04 Oct 1935: 9.
Text from negative sleeve: 2483 - Lolita Reid (13 yr) Ramona Clausen (14 yr.) Runaway tales from Frisco 10-3-35 [stamped:] Oct 22 1935
Handwritten on negative: L2R Lolita Reid Ramona Clausen 10-3-35
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_8936
ark:/21198/zz002dgx0c
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Runaway children--California--Los Angeles
Teenagers
Reid, Lolita Mae, b. 1922 or 23
Clausen, Ramona, b. 1921 or 22
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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