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. Officer Jean Peirce, charged of the manslaughter of Radio Policeman Owen D. Yancey, was found not guilty by the jury. Officers Rose (Viola) Pickerel and Peirce hold hands, Sally Florian sitting on the other side of Officer Peirce. Similar photograph appears with the article, "Jury Frees Jean Peirce in Officer Killing Case," Los Angeles Times, 06 Dec 1935: 3. Handwritten on negative: LtR Rose Pickerel - Jean Peirce Sally Florian -12-5-35 Text from negative sleeve: 4014 - L t R Rose Pickerel Jean Peirce (Defendant) Sally Florian 12-5-35 Manslaughter Peirce (policewoman) shooting radio patrol officer [stamped:] Dec 11 1935
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13021 ark:/21198/zz002hn4p3
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Courtrooms--California--Los Angeles Policewomen--California--Los Angeles Law & legal affairs--California--Los Angeles Pickerel, Rose, 1901-1987 Peirce, Jean Florian, Sally, b. 1905
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