Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. John Factor, aka Jake the Barber, born Iakow Factrowitz, was once a West Side Chicago barber who became a gangster and a con artist and swindled English citizens out of $7-8 million. While fighting extradition to England, Factor was kidnapped by Chicago gangsters and held for ransom. After the kidnapping trial, he moved to Los Angeles. He was the half brother of cosmetics founder, Max Factor. John Factor, aka Jake the Barber, stands in the open doorway of a car. He wears a long coat tied shut. He holds a sheaf of papers under his right arm, and his left hand is in his coat pocket. Possibly related to "British Jurist Gives Ruling on Factor Funds," Los Angeles Times, 01 Feb 1936. Handwritten on envelope: 3712. John Factor, "Jake the Barber" 2-17-36. [stamped:] Feb 18 1936 Handwritten on negative: John "Jake the --Barber" Factor, 2-17-36
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_12789 ark:/21198/zz002hmvps
Subject
Automobiles Trials (Kidnapping)--Illinois--Chicago Fraud--England Gangsters--Illinois--Chicago Swindlers and swindling--Illinois--Chicago Swindlers and swindling--England Kidnapping victims--Illinois--Chicago Barbers--Illinois--Chicago Factor, John, 1892-1984
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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