US UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. This photograph appears with the article, “Name-Flower Her Passion: ELDERLY WOMAN’S LOVE FOR ROSES BRINGS WOE,” Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 1935: 16. Photograph of Rose Thomas staring wistfully at two roses she holds in her hands. Text from negative sleeve: 1647—Rose Thomas, Rose theft 8-14-35. [Stamped:] AUG 22 1935. Text from newspaper caption: “I do love them!” 81-year-old Mrs. Rose Thomas, shown here in court with her favorite flowers, told the judge when she was charged with stealing two potted rose bushes from a nursery. Handwritten on negative: Rose Thomas.
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_9996 ark:/21198/zz002hc36s
Subject
Robberies--California--Los Angeles Thomas, Rose, b. 1853 or 54
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