Image / Portrait of Thatcher J. Kemp, attorney, Los Angeles, 1926-1937

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Title: Portrait of Thatcher J. Kemp, attorney, Los Angeles, 1926-1937
Date Created and/or Issued: [1926-1937]
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 of Thatcher J. Kemp, attorney, possibly in 1935 when he was appointed Deputy City Attorney.
Text from negative sleeve: Kemp, Thatcher. Election Fraud Case, July 1933. Accused + acquitted (w/others) of bribing member of grand jury to indict politician + wife. From old LA family. Attorney (Kemp Partridge + Kemp). Lost to Burton Fitts for DA job. Appointed Deputy City Atty in 1935. Died in 1937. Member of many LA org/clubs, incl. Minutemen. Oct '33 accused + acquitted of intoxication. Box 24.
Handwritten on negative: Thatcher Kemp.
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_10634
ark:/21198/zz002hbn62
Subject: Lawyers--California--Los Angeles
Kemp, Thatcher J. (Thatcher John), 1898-1937
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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