Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Related to article, "Forgery of Relief Check Admitted By Needy Woman" [Los Angeles Times, October 23, 1935] Esther Machada, 28-year-old mother, holds her youngest baby daughter, 2-month-old Elizabeth, and stares solemnly at the camera. Machada has slightly curled hair and she wears a sweater or jacket. Baby Elizabeth wears a knit cap and top, wrapped in a blanket. Machada is sitting in a chair in a courtroom. Machada was photographed at her trial, where she was being tried for forging her neighbor's relief (welfare) check. Text from negative sleeve: 2645-- Mrs Esther Machada, Elizabeth Machada - 2 months, 10-22-35, Forgery Relief Check, [STAMPED:] OCT 29 1935 Handwritten on negative: Esther Machada, Elizabeth Machada - 2 mos., 10-22-35 Text from newspaper caption: Mother of Five in Court, Mrs. Esther Machada, 28-year-old mother of five children, is shown in court with her youngest daughter, Elizabeth, 2 months of age, where Mrs. Machada faced a charge of forging relief checks. ["Forgery of Relief Check Admitted By Needy Woman," Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 1935]
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image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_9149 ark:/21198/zz002dh5bc
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Forgers Babies--California--Los Angeles Mothers--California--Los Angeles Welfare recipients--California--Los Angeles County Courtrooms--California--Los Angeles Machada, Elizabeth, b. 1935 Machada, Esther, b. ca. 1908
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