Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Attorney Joseph Rosenthal sits by a desk, chair turned away from the desk, one leg propped up on the other. He holds his hat in his lap. Three unidentified men are in the background. This photograph appears (cropped) with the article, "Attorney Held in Robbery Plot: Joseph Rosenthal Accused of Attempted Hold-up," Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr 1933: A18. It was also used in, "Attorney to Demand New Trial: Rosenthal, Found Guilty of Hold-up, to Make Plea at Sentencing Today," Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug 1933: A3. Joseph Rosenthal was a Los Angeles attorney who was found guilty of first degree robbery and sentenced to five years in San Quentin in 1934. He was paroled in 1937 and discharged in 1939. He and his family returned to Nebraska, where he was born. Text on negative sleeve: Rosenthal, Joseph. Atty, 1933 Handwritten on negative: Joseph Rosenthal
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_11440 ark:/21198/zz002h9gmd
Subject
Robberies--California--Los Angeles Lawyers--California--Los Angeles Trials (Robbery)--California--Los Angeles Rosenthal, Joseph, 1901-
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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