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Police officer W. C. Brooks fingerprints Harper McDowell, a man with twelve fingers, Los Angeles, 1936

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Title: Police officer W. C. Brooks fingerprints Harper McDowell, a man with twelve fingers, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa January 1936]
1936-01
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.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Police officer W. C. Brooks grasps Harper McDowell's right hand with both of his hands. McDowell holds both of his hands up, all 12 fingers are covered in fingerprint ink. McDowell is sitting at a table, looking at the camera. Both men are smiling slightly. Fingerprinting instructions are taped to the wall next to McDowell.
Harper McDowell has polydactyly, or more than five fingers on a hand. McDowell has six fingers per hand.
Handwritten on negative: Harper McDowell. W. C. Brooks.
Handwritten on negative sleeve: 3327. W. C. Brooks. Pol. off. Harper McDowell--6-fingered transient [stamped:] Jan 2[day illegible] 1936
Text on the paper on the wall: Fingerprinting
Text on the paper on the table: Los Angeles Police Department
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_12305
ark:/21198/zz002h8b8v
Language: English
Subject: Fingerprinting--California--Los Angeles
Fingers--Abnormalities
Abnormalities, Human
Tramps--American--California--Los Angeles
Police--California--Los Angeles
McDowell, Harper
Brooks, W. C. (William C.), approximately 1895-
Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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