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Title
Rose Thomas, arrested for stealing rose plants, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued
August 15, 1935
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
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
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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