Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Burmah White (left) with unidentified woman standing in a doorway. White is wearing a herringbone coat and skirt. The woman is holding White's arm. The photograph was probably taken when White was on trial during October and November, 1933 for eight counts of robbery and three counts of assault with a deadly weapon as a result of a September 6, 1933 crime spree she had gone on with her husband Thomas White, who had been shot to death by police during the couple's robberies. Text from negative sleeve: 3304-- Burma[h] White. Handwritten on negative: Burma[h] White.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_12275 ark:/21198/zz002h897v
Subject
Trials (Assault and battery)--California--Los Angeles Trials (Robbery)--California--Los Angeles Female offenders--California--Los Angeles County White, Burmah A., b. 1914
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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