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J. L. Nickell prepares Harriet Hunter for fingerprinting, Chief H. H. Mueller stands nearby, San Fernando, 1936

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Title: J. L. Nickell prepares Harriet Hunter for fingerprinting, Chief H. H. Mueller stands nearby, San Fernando, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: February 2, 1936
1936-02-02
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.
Police chief H. H. Mueller stands holding and looking at a sheet of paper in his right hand. Harriet Hunter stands smiling at the camera while J. L. Nickell holds her right hand is both of his to take her fingerprints. Below her hand is a plate for inking. An ink roller lies parallel to the plate. Also on the desk is a corked bottle and a ROI-TAN cigar box. A rotary phone is on the next table over.
Related to "San Fernando Fingerprinted," Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec 1935: 6
Text on negative sleeve: 3581. L. to R. H. H. Mueller, Chief of Police. Harriet Hunter. J. L. Nickell. Fingerprint dept. installed in San Fernando Police dept. 2/2/36. [stamped:] Feb 11 1936
Text on cigar box: ROI-TAN
Handwritten on negative: L to R. H H Mueller, Harriet Hunter, J. L. Nickell
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_12660
ark:/21198/zz002hmq74
Language: English
Subject: Police chiefs--California--San Fernando
Telephones--1930-1940
Bottles
Fingerprinting--California--San Fernando
Police--California--San Fernando
Cigar boxes
Hunter, Harriet
Nickell, J. L. (James Lee), 1910-1963
Mueller, H. H. (Harold Henry), 1902-1965
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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