Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. At the time this photograph was taken, Harold G. Ferguson had served in San Quentin State Prison for the grand theft of investment funds in the 1929 sale of the Malibu La Costa beachfront properties--faciliated by his former real estate company the Harold G. Ferguson Corporation. After his release, Ferguson testified at this 1935 trial, in which the Malibu investors were ultimately denied the recovery of $443,000 from the Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association and the Marblehead Land Company, the third-party companies Ferguson used to broker the Malibu deals. Harold G. Ferguson, in a three-piece suit and fedora, stands outside elevator doors in a superior court hallway. In the background, signage for "Superior Court Dept. 9" and "SILENCE NO LOUD TALKING" are in view. This photograph is associated with Los Angeles Times article, "Deals Cited by Ferguson: Evidence Given in Malibu Case, Involved Beach Promotion Transactions Detailed in Recovery Action," [Los Angeles Times, October 14, 1935] Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 2549-- Oct 23 1935 Harold G. Ferguson real estate operator In court for questioning 10/14/35 Text from newspaper caption: Harold G. Ferguson, pictured outside of courtroom where he testified at trial of beach syndicate investors' suit [Los Angeles Times, October 14, 1935] Handwritten at edge of negative: Harold G. Ferguson
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