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Title: Jean Peirce, Los Angeles policewoman, charged with manslaughter, Los Angeles, 1935 (copy photo)
Date Created and/or Issued: October 22, 1935
1935-10-22
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.
Related to multiple articles dealing with Jean P. Peirce, policewoman, who shot and killed O. D. Yancey, policeman, on October 20, 1935. She claimed to have mistaken him for a burglar and shot to frighten him off, accidentally killing him. She was acquitted. The story was covered in the Los Angeles Times from October 21-December 7, 1935.
Copy photo
Portrait photograph of Jean Peirce, policewoman.
Handwritten on paper slip: Jean Peirce 3507 Victoria Ave 10-22-35
Handwritten on negative sleeve: 2516. Jean Peirce 3507 Victoria Ave policewoman Copy 10/22/35 [stamped:] Oct 23 1935
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_8981
ark:/21198/zz002dgzj4
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Trials (Manslaughter)--California--Los Angeles
Policewomen--California--Los Angeles
Peirce, Jean
Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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