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George Rochester, chairman of the county grand jury, gives his fingerprints, along with others, Los Angeles, 1936

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Title: George Rochester, chairman of the county grand jury, gives his fingerprints, along with others, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: February 6, 1936
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.
Bob Rogers takes the fingerprints of grand juror George Rochester, while clerk Jean McGee and deputy District Attorney Eugene Blalock watch.
George Rochester submitted a request to the Sheriff that all citizens should have their fingerprints taken and recorded with the law enforcement officers of their community, not for criminal files, but kept in files for private citizens.
Photograph appears with the article, "Fingerprints of Grand Jurors Recorded," Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 1936: A2.
Text from newspaper caption: George Rochester, left, chairman of the county grand jury, was among the first of that group to be fingerprinted yesterday. With him, left to right are Bob Rogers, deputy sheriff; Jean McGee, clerk, and Eugene Blalock, deputy District Attorney.
Handwritten on negative: L 2 R George Rochester, Bob Rogers, Mrs. Jean McGee, Ugene Blalock.
Text from negative sleeve: 3589. W George Rochester, Bob Rogers, Mrs. Jean McGee, Ugene Blalock fingerprinting grand jury 2-5-36 [stamped:] Feb 11 1936
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_12664
ark:/21198/zz002hmqc6
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Grand juries
Rochester, George, $1899-1984
Blalock, Eugene, 1895-1988
McGee, Jean
Rogers, Robert, circa 1885-1973
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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