Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of H. H. Van Loan smoking a pipe and using a typewriter to write a story in jail. This photograph was published in the newspaper article with the photograph that has the identification number 21198/zz002dh84q. This photograph appears with the article, “VAN LOAN GETS ‘LOCAL COLOR’ IN JAIL TANK,” Los Angeles Times, 27 Jun. 1934: A1. Handwritten on negative: H. H. Van Loan. Text from negative sleeve: 2708—Van Loan, H.H., H. H. Van Loan, (Writer) L 31, images for June 27, 1934 story by him. Text from newspaper caption: In City Jail for seven days awaiting hearing on his application for probation on a conviction of nonsupport, H. H. Van Loan, noted playwright, scenarist and short-story writer, yesterday took to his typewriter to relate his newest and unexpected experience. He went to jail Tuesday after his former wife, Mrs. Gertrude Van Loan, testified she had waited eight months for some financial aid from him for their daughter. The author told Superior Judge Crum he has not sold a story or been able to obtain employment in a year.
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_9233 ark:/21198/zz002dh878
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Authors--American--California--Los Angeles Jails--California--Los Angeles Dramatists Prisoners--California--Los Angeles Typewriters Van Loan, H. H. (Herbert Hartwell), 1888-
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