Image / Judges Douglas Lyman Edmonds and Robert Harrison Scott examine a photograph of …

Judges Douglas Lyman Edmonds and Robert Harrison Scott examine a photograph of their ancestors, Los Angeles, 1936

View source image on contributor's website.

Get Citation

Have a question about this item?

Contact Owner

Item information. View source record on contributor's website.

Title: Judges Douglas Lyman Edmonds and Robert Harrison Scott examine a photograph of their ancestors, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: February 11, 1936
1936-02-11
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.
Judges Scott and Edmonds recently discovered that their great, great-grandfathers ran the first county court of Kalamazoo, Michigan, 104 years ago thanks to a photographic reproduction hanging from the wall of Judge Scott's chambers.
Douglas Lyman Edmonds and Robert Harrison Scott are dressed in their judicial robes and examining a photograph.
Photograph appears with the article, "Two Local Judges Find Forbears Associates," Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb 1936: A18.
Handwritten on negative: Judge Robert H. Scott Judge Douglas Edmonds
Text from newspaper caption: Douglas Lyman Edmonds, left, and Robert Harrison Scott, judges of the Superior Court, looking at pictures of ancestors which disclosed the latter were also associated on the bench more than one hundred years ago.
Text from negative sleeve: 3738 - LtR - Judge Douglas Edmonds Judge Robert H. Scott Old Time picture 2-6-36
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_12807
ark:/21198/zz002hmw9k
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Judges--California--Los Angeles
Scott, Robert Harrison, b. 1892
Edmonds, Douglas Lyman, 1886-1962
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

About the collections in Calisphere

Learn more about the collections in Calisphere. View our statement on digital primary resources.

Copyright, permissions, and use

If you're wondering about permissions and what you can do with this item, a good starting point is the "rights information" on this page. See our terms of use for more tips.

Share your story

Has Calisphere helped you advance your research, complete a project, or find something meaningful? We'd love to hear about it; please send us a message.