Deputy Sheriff Garrett Morford, Captain John Hanby, Deputy Sheriff Hearst, Captain Walter Allen, and Undersheriff Arthur Jewell drag a tar pit for the body of missing girl, La Brea Pits, Los Angeles, 1935
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. The reflections of the men can be seen on the surface of the tar pit. Deputy Sheriff Morford holds a rope descending beneath the surface, and Captain Hanby and Deputy Sheriff Hearst hold the remaining length of the rope. Captain Allen crouches along the grassy edge of the pit and Undersheriff Jewell points at the surface. The Sheriff's office toils on the brink of La Brea tar pit No. 13 in search of the body of 19-year-old Mary Alice Bernard, missing from home since early October. Similar photograph appears with the article, "Body of Missing Girl Sought in La Brea Pits," Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct 1935: 1. Text from negative sleeve: 2695 - Sheriffs searching La Brea pits hunting lost girl [stamped:] Nov 4- 1935
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image
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_9217 ark:/21198/zz002dh7ph
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No linguistic content
Subject
Police--California--La Brea Pits Missing persons--California--La Brea Pits Ropes La Brea Pits (Calif.) Allen, Walter C., b. 1886 Morford, Garrett, 1896-1963 Jewell, Arthur C., 1877-1962 Hanby, John W., 1882-1959 Hearst, (Deputy Sheriff)
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