Image / Jess Hession, Los Angeles, 1920s

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Title: Jess Hession, Los Angeles, 1920s
Date Created and/or Issued: [1920s]
1920/1929
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.
Portrait photo of Jess Hession, who was a district attorney for Inyo County. In his career, he prosecuted Owens Valley Farmers for occupying a part of the Los Angeles Aqueduct called the "Alabama Gates" that transported water from the Owens River.
Text from negative sleeve: Inyo County District Atty.
Handwritten on negative: Jess Hession
Text from negative sleeve: Hession, Jess
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_9455
ark:/21198/zz002dhhwg
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Lawyers--California
Hession, Jess, 1886-1950
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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