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Title: Paul Johnson charged and arrested for auto theft, Los Angeles, 1938
Date Created and/or Issued: December 29, 1938
1938-12-29
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.
This photograph appears with the article, "Auto Theft Charge Blocks Ex-Chain Gangman's Plans," Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec 1938: A3.
Johnson sits at the bottom of a staircase and displays the welt on his ankle, allegedly from when he was part of a chain gang in Georgia.
Text from newspaper caption: Result of Durance Vile; Paul Johnson, former Georgia chain gangman, exhibits welt he says was caused by prison farm chains. He was arrested in Los Angeles and sent to county Jail.
Handwritten on negative: Paul Johnson age 19
Text from negative sleeve: 15267 --- Paul Johnson age 19 Grand Theft Auto Dec 29 1938 [stamped:] JAN 1939
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_12024
ark:/21198/zz002h8wsb
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Criminals--California--Los Angeles
Johnson, Paul
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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